Thank you, Madam Chair.
I want to thank my colleagues for their interventions.
I'm going to start where I began previously, which is that every time we think we're headed to the finish line with this particular study, Mr. Cooper introduces another motion. We've had 17 meetings and 34 witnesses and climbing. Many of those witnesses have appeared more than once.
I have read the report that we want to get to, because we want to get to actions, to conclusions. We want to protect parliamentarians. We want to get answers for Mr. Chong, Ms. Kwan and, frankly, all of us, because we know that foreign actors are out there. They mean our country ill will. They mean democracy ill will and that's why I'm really concerned about (e) and why I support the amendment by Mrs. Romanado.
We've heard from many senior public officials. Let me list a number of them: Tara Denham, director general, office of human rights, freedoms and inclusion, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development; Michael Duheme, commissioner, Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Mark Flynn, deputy commissioner, Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Cherie Henderson, assistant director, requirements, Canadian Security Intelligence Service; and about six or seven other senior public servants.
What do they all conclude through their public testimony? That there are flaws in our processes. There are things that need to be fixed. Therefore, we really need to get on with it. We need to get to the report.
This latest request and motion from Mr. Cooper just drags things out and, I might add, may put our security at risk. Again, I would refer to, as a number of my colleagues have, the reckless behaviour of the Leader of the Opposition the other day when he jumped to conclusions and called an accident on a bridge that joins our two countries a terrorist attack. That does not give our allies, the Five Eyes, confidence.
I'm very concerned that we are opening things up that may put our national security, our sovereignty and the privileges of members around the table and members in the House in jeopardy, and so, I fully intend to support the amendment by my colleague. I'm hoping that we can move on and get support for this around the table.
Thank you, Madam Chair.