It seems to me that two proposals have been made, other than the original motion brought forward by Mr. Lessard. The proposals made by Mr. Savage and Mr. Komarnicki are very similar. I see the beginning of a possible compromise that might allows us to move this forward more quickly.
I note that when these options were presented by Mr. Komarnicki and Mr. Savage, the other committee members did not react. I'm wondering whether we could possibly come back to these similar options and try to find a compromise.
The suggestion made earlier by Mr. Komarnicki was to vote against Mr. Lessard's motion in order to then excise — that was the word use — or remove those paragraphs or quotations that currently appear in the report and which are not acceptable to at least part of the committee. We could proceed in that fashion, or we could do the reverse — in other words, begin by deleting those paragraphs.
There is a problem that became apparent in Mr. Vellacott's comments. If the members agreed, we could begin that first exercise, which is to delete the paragraphs. If the report then reflects the content that members feel is suitable, we could come to Mr. Lessard's motion, which would then be null and void. I believe Mr. Lessard would even agree that it would be null and void at that point, since the offending paragraphs would have been excised.
Can we take a few minutes to discuss that option, Madam Chair?