Thanks, Madam Chair, and happy birthday again.
I too have some thoughts on making a proposed amendment to Mr. Blaikie's motion.
As I mentioned last time, I'm very passionate about the national citizens' assembly being a method of participatory action and research. I think there are many benefits to just opening up this study or this motion to include broader implications for how a national citizens' assembly could be used, because I think the way that Mr. Blaikie has structured his motion is really good in terms of outlining the terms of reference and what the timeline would look like.
I think there are many aspects of how you design and implement a national citizens' assembly that really matter. I think that's the heart of this motion to me: taking into consideration all of those design elements of a process that I think are very substantive and beneficial for building a more inclusive democracy.
Maybe I'll give you the language of my amendment and then speak to you a bit more about why I feel this is important.