That is well understood, Mr. Chair.
I now will give notice to the committee of the following motion. It reads as follows:
That, in relation to its order of reference of Thursday, May 9, 2024, regarding the prima facie contempt concerning the People's Republic of China’s cyber-attack against members of Parliament, the committee
(a) make use, for the purposes of this study, of
(i) the evidence received during its study on foreign election interference,
(ii) the evidence received during its study of the prima facie contempt concerning the intimidation campaign orchestrated by Wei Zhao against the member for Wellington—Halton Hills and other members, and
(iii) the evidence received by the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics during its study on foreign interference, provided that it shall not limit the witnesses who may appear before the committee or the questions which may be asked of them;
(b) deem the evidence, including testimony and documents, received by, and publicly available on the website of, the public inquiry into foreign interference in federal electoral processes and democratic institutions to have been received by this committee, and that this evidence may be used in its reports, provided that it shall not limit the witnesses who may appear before the committee or the questions that may be asked of them or the documents that the committee may request or order to be produced;
(c) invite the following witnesses to appear:
(i) the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs, by himself, for two hours;
(ii) the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence and former minister of public safety and emergency preparedness, by himself, for two hours;
(iii) the Honourable Marco Mendicino, former minister of public safety, by himself, for one hour;
(iv) the Honourable Harjit Sajjan, former minister of national defence, by himself, for one hour;
(v) the Honourable Anita Anand, former minister of national defence, by herself, for one hour;
(vi) panels of impacted Canadian members of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China who wish to appear, provided that no more than three members shall appear on each panel, for one hour per panel;
(vii) Eric Janse, the Clerk of the House of Commons, by himself, for one hour, to discuss parliamentary privilege considerations;
(viii) Michel Bédard, the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel of the House of Commons, by himself, for one hour, to discuss parliamentary privilege considerations and the production of documents;
(ix) officials of the House of Commons administration, by themselves, for two hours, to discuss IT and cybersecurity considerations, provided that one hour shall be in camera;
(x) officials of the Communications Security Establishment, by themselves, for two hours—