Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I support the intent of the motion. However, I'd like to make the following amendment to the motion. I'd like to change the five meetings to three meetings, and then add a clause, which is our standard clause, to say that the committee report its findings to the House and that pursuant to Standing Order 109, the government table a comprehensive response thereto. I would really like to hear the government's response to it.
Madam Chair, I'll have my staff send the amendment to the clerk for distribution.
To be clear, for the clerk, the changes will then mean that we'll strike out the word “five” and change it to “three”. It would read, “the committee hold no less than three meetings to hear witnesses”. Then we strike out the word “and” and continue with “that”, and then add the words “the committee”. We strike out the word “it”, so it would read, “the committee report its findings”. We strike out the words “and recommendations”, so it would read “report its findings to the House”, and then we add the phrase “and that pursuant to Standing Order 109, the government table a comprehensive response thereto.”