Mr. Komarnicki's arguments have convinced me not to amend my motion. Together we very briefly examined the suggestion made by Ms. Folco. Even if we were to engage in that exercise, we would ultimately end up in exactly the same position for the following reason. Mr. Komarnicki's motion talks about incorporating reports. Even if we went through this clause by clause, we would still have to dispose of this motion. I don't believe there is any way around this other than to actually rescind the motion passed on November 23rd. We must protect the authenticity of our work, which is based on what we heard, what was presented to us — including the briefs — and carry out a proper analysis.
A little earlier, I talked about a virus, in the sense that we must preserve the authenticity of our work. Otherwise, we will compromise that authenticity. It would colour our conclusions in a way that does not reflect what we took from the testimony and briefs we received. I think that would create a dangerous precedent. I understand that it is possible, on occasion, to include references to other briefs, when those references are relevant to what we have heard, but that is not the case here. We are therefore going to leave our motion on the floor and are asking all our colleagues to support it, so that we can finally work on things we have heard and have been asked to deal with, rather than issues assigned to other committees.