Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I'm really pleased to be here today. While I wasn't a member of the committee in December, I believe I subbed and was here for the previous discussion on the motion.
I don't want to challenge the member's position regarding including only what was heard at committee meetings, but rather would encourage the committee to consider that it is not unusual, in my experience, to refer to, include, consider, or append other reports as part of a study.
My case in point would be my very recent experience on the ethics committee. As we were reviewing access to information legislation as well as privacy legislation, I believe it was Madame Freeman who brought forward a motion that we consider almost every other study that had been done previous to our study on the access to information legislation. I perhaps need to go back to check that I'm remembering correctly, but my point is simply to say that I don't think it's unusual to consider other reports when considering a study or writing a report on a certain issue.
Thank you.