Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'm just trying to understand why the parliamentary secretary is trying so hard to stonewall us on this issue. The RAD has been discussed ad infinitum, and I agree with Mr. Siksay--you can go back and do the research and see the comments from all the former ministers and from former members of this committee, many of whom are his own colleagues who go on for pages and pages on why they want the RAD introduced, why they want the government to say, “Look, we have this law. It's on the books. We're not even introducing any new legislation. We're just trying to compel the government to live up to the commitment of what Parliament has already said it wants and wishes to have.”
It is unfortunate for the parliamentary secretary that he could not be briefed by the former Liberal cabinet ministers, but if he needs to be briefed on other files as well, be they on the environment or be they on the military, we have a lot of former cabinet ministers who have a lot of knowledge as well who could impart some wisdom to the parliamentary secretary.
I would say let's get moving forward. Let's put the question forward.