I'm sorry, Madam Chair. I'm just going back and forth.
When we read the recommendation, “acknowledge that virtual sittings of the Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic have been successful and 300-plus MPs”, I think we're really making a presumption here. There are several accounts of the fact that the virtual proceedings have not gone well despite the fact that we may think so. There are members who have not been able to access some of these committee meetings whether it's a bad connection, lack of rural broadband or lack of connectivity.
The fact that we're somehow championing this as successful, for me, and from what I've seen and heard from several colleagues at least, it's still a work in progress. We heard again from one of the NDP members from Nunavut that she would have virtual connection difficulties. I think we're making a very strong presumption acknowledging, as the word says, that virtual sittings have been “successful” despite what we've been hearing from several members.
I will not be supporting this as a recommendation, and I'm going to ask that a recorded vote be taken on this.
Thank you.