Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Nobody wants to pit people who are disadvantaged against each other in terms of priority for Canada's Parliament.
What I would say to Mr. Martin's motion is that in light of the fact that it would call for one member from each party, our critic for persons with disabilities is not on the HUMA committee. Tony's case is similar. I would be prepared to discuss with our critic if she might be interested in being the member on this committee.
It certainly is an issue that, as has been indicated by everybody, is very important. Perhaps it can be part of the poverty agenda, but we don't know how much time we have in this Parliament and we don't know that we will get to this study if we don't do it now.
My view is this. I would ask if we could vote on this at the beginning of the next meeting so that I could ask my critic if she would be interested in being the representative on this subcommittee.