Thank you.
It's been a long time since I've spoken at this committee. Thanks, everyone, for all your kind words over the last few days and weeks. I'm so happy to be back at 110%. I'm in good condition and ready to debate.
I appreciate all the comments made by my colleagues who spoke before me, and the amazing job done by Ginette today. It was directly related to the situation that we are living right now. It's all about COVID-19. It's about the Speech from the Throne. It's about the Prime Minister's decisions. Today the debate relates to the amendment proposed by Ryan to the initial motion brought forward by Madam Vecchio.
It's all related, and today I would like to talk to you about a different thing. First of all, I want to indicate why we are here and why, today, we have to debate, again, this motion and amendment. After that, I would like to talk about what we could do at this meeting. It would be very valuable for us to go forward with different issues. At the end, if I have time, I would like to conclude with a wrap-up of the analysis I made since I started on this committee and why we should not invite the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister.
It's been difficult for me to step back and look at this committee without coming in and providing you with my comments.
I will now switch to French, because it is easier for me to speak for a long time in French, so you will have to switch to translation.
Having had to leave this meeting for some time, I had high expectations when I returned.
To be honest, given the situation I was in, I didn't contact my colleagues. I focused on my health and set everything else aside. It was an effort for me to come back. I've never experienced that in my career or in my life. I was in convalescence for the first time. I would never have thought someone of my stature could get sick. Let me tell you right off the bat: no one's invincible. Take care of your health. It's very important to do your work, but do it in good health.
I can tell you today that my greatest disappointment when I came back to the committee was that we were still discussing Mr. Turnbull's amendment. I have nothing against Mr. Turnbull, but a consensus should have been reached on this amendment. The committee could have moved on to something else and gotten things done. I had high hopes in that area.
When I became a member of the committee, the first thing I did was analyze everything that could be done in the course of our proceedings and to go through the reports and questions. As you know, I come from the private sector. Life in the private sector goes at 200 miles an hour. We work proactively. You have to be innovative and forge ahead.
You have to make quick decisions. You have to be part of the action.
Then you find yourself on a committee where you intend to do big things and you're faced with a situation like this one. I have to say I'm really disappointed to be debating this issue, one that's been discussed in many meetings of many committees and as a result of which the WE Charity scandal is still the main issue.