Before I go to the next speaker, I would like to make a couple of comments as chair of the committee, based on observations from Mr. Lessard.
I do think we have to be very careful. We have a staff here. We have analysts and clerks who are doing their job based on the instructions and the motions we pass. Mr. Lessard, you said that Mr. Martin accidentally adopted this current motion. I believe it's a dangerous precedent if one of our members does something accidentally, realizes it several weeks later, and then because of the majority is able to change it. In the House of Commons, if you accidentally stand up and vote, you cannot change your vote unless you have the consensus of the entire House.
I realize, ladies and gentlemen, that you have the majority and that you can overturn this. I would caution that we are setting a dangerous precedent, and I would think that for the sake of our analysts and our clerks it's something we really don't want to make a habit of. I would just make that comment. It has nothing to do with the content of this motion. It has to do with the precedent of accidentally passing something and then several weeks later, having the ability to overturn that accident, finding that everybody else has to pay the consequence. I will leave that with you and hope that you consider it.
We'll go on now with Mr. Komarnicki and the list of speakers. You are on the list, Mr. Lessard, so you'll be able to speak.