Thank you, Madam Chair.
Erin O'Toole, MP, has also raised a question of privilege, and the Speaker of the House referred Mr. O'Toole's case to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs for us to consider. So we have been wanting since May 10 to obtain documents that will show how that campaign of intimidation was orchestrated.
In the motion requesting production of documents that we have before us, the things we are asking for are very simple. One of the things we are asking for is the July 2021 report by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service entitled People's Republic of China Foreign Interference in Canada: A Critical National Security Threat.
We are also asking for the May 2021 CSIS issues management note that was sent to the then-minister of public safety and emergency preparedness and all other relevant information that might help us avoid such situations recurring in the future.
The Liberal Party amendment that we have before us concerning the motion, which I will not read because I do not want to take up too much time, is to strike point (a) from the motion, which says that the committee will “acknowledge the failure of officials in the Prime Minister's Office and the Liberal Party of Canada to provide relevant information to this Committee that they had indicated they would undertake to provide”.
In fact, the Prime Minister has made repeated public statements that he is very open to transparency. He has confirmed that he would work with the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.
We have heard several similar statements from several Liberal government ministers that they would be transparent. At present, it seems that the Liberals do not want to acknowledge that the people in charge in the Prime Minister's Office and the Liberal Party of Canada have not sent the committee the relevant information they had undertaken to provide, despite the fact that we have had a motion to produce documents since June. That is what is unbelievable. This intention to conceal the information is now even more apparent with the amendment moved by my colleague Mr. Bittle.
Madam Chair, you will have gathered that I am opposed to this amendment. Canadians are entitled to know what happened and to see all the documents relating to this matter so that it does not happen again.
Thank you, Madam Chair.