Thanks very much.
I won't be speaking too long, but I wanted to comment, because I do really appreciate where Alain is coming from. I understand where he's coming from because, yes, we are pushing on the Prime Minister to be here. I also have great respect for Daniel, though. I do know that Daniel wants this report to be tabled. My problem is that both of these things could have happened if we hadn't filibustered for three months and three days. We're seeing ourselves in these last few weeks having to crush down on where we need to go, and it's all due to the fact that, for three months and three days, there was a filibuster.
Now, I'll be honest. You saw every single person vote to gut this motion, so I cannot support Mr. Lauzon's motion. Thanks very much, Stéphane. I can't support that, because to me, it's just so weak. It's, “Here you go, I'm going to invite you, but you don't have to show up.”
There is no way the Prime Minister is going to show up. For three months and three days he hasn't shown up. This has been going on for some time. I've heard many of my colleagues on the government side indicate that the WE Charity issue has gone away and all of these types of things. You can say that it's gone away, because I'll be honest, you're representing....
I can look at my mail. Were there a lot of people asking about WE? No, I'll be honest. Not a lot of people asked about WE, but there were people asking about prorogation. There were people asking about the obstruction by this government. There were people asking about transparency and accountability. When I talk about what I want to bring to my constituents, it's the fact that, once again, while this government was elected in 2015 to be transparent and accountable, it is not being transparent and accountable. Perhaps in 2019 their new slogan was “no longer accountable and transparent”. Maybe I missed that.
Those are the issues I have here. I understand where every party's coming from.
I'm looking at the Liberals. Protecting the king seems to be what everybody has to do. We've seen it in every committee, whether it's ethics or defence or whatever it may be. They cannot let Trudeau appear there. Maybe it's because we don't know what he might say, because he makes slips all the time, or maybe it's because he just can't come and speak to the members of the PROC committee, who are all members of Parliament, just like him. He is the Prime Minister. You know what I call that? That's just....
I'm sorry. We're in a democracy. We're supposed to be able to talk here. We should be accountable, and it does not matter who the prime minister is, whether it's Trudeau today, or O'Toole tomorrow or whoever. There should be accountability from our leaders. That is something we have not seen at all. I look at the members of the government saying you wasted time for three months and three days. You're now saying we have an amendment here that gives him an RSVP, which was put on Thursday of last week, meaning even for that invitation to go out, we're talking about very few days.
I want to switch and talk a little bit more about Daniel's amendment. Daniel has put something out there, because he really does believe there needs to be a report tabled. I also share in the feeling that there should be a report tabled. We've worked for three and a half months on this. There should be a report. I'm looking at these committee members and saying I wish I believed there will be a report tabled. That is why I can't support these motions from either—