Mr. Chair, at the last meeting the Liberal members moved that we adopt all of the previous motions of this committee to expedite our work, and now, when that motion doesn't suit the ministers' interests, they're trying to amend our motion again. We have a responsibility as parliamentarians to understand how government is spending money. Never before in the history of Canada has government spent so much in such a short period of time, and we have to get to the bottom of how money is being spent. People have lost their jobs. They're desperate.
We're not asking for a lot. We're asking for two ministers and two sets of officials. We can make it happen. If in Parliament all of the parties can come together and have only a few hours of debate to dispense of hundreds of billions of dollars, the least we can do is have some short meetings and have some proper questioning. That is eminently reasonable.
I will not vote in favour of any motion that takes away from our capacity to understand, even in the little ways that we can, how money is being spent. We need to get to the bottom—