Thank you, Madam Chair.
First, if the motion is passed, we will have to make sure that it is written somewhere that the documents requested to be produced must be in both official languages.
Secondly, when I signed the document promising this emergency meeting under Standing Order 106(4), I read what had happened in the newspapers and I got down to business. You know me, I'm not someone who does my job in a very partisan way. Everyone who works with me can testify to that. I started to analyze in more detail what had happened and, from what I understood, it was good faith errors by public servants.
What I am concerned about, as I said at the beginning of the meeting, is that this motion, that we take up this study no later than November 4 and have meetings on it, will mean that we have less time for other studies. Much less time should be given to this study. If this is not accepted, unfortunately, I find it difficult to see how I can support a motion that I think is going to waste more time when we could be dealing with motions that have been voted on unanimously by all parties on the committee. Frankly, it scares me a little.
On the other hand, I don't necessarily see the scandal that was mentioned when I signed the Standing Order 106(4) document. I think that by simply going for an explanation, the matter will be cleared up. The committee does not need to waste so much time on such a study. This is my opinion and I submit it to the members of the committee, with whom I work well, regardless of their party. I sincerely believe that this is not the time to be very partisan, especially as we have many important studies to deal with. That is my feeling at the moment.