Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I'm happy to respond. If the committee members actually go back and look at the press release that was issued by the chair on behalf of this committee, all the items that I had laid out in my motion are where the significant differences are. At the time I moved the motion for the press release to be released to incorporate that information, the committee was very specific.
In this committee, what we have done in the past is that when a press release is issued, literally the words of the committee's motion are adopted into that press release. This wasn't done here. There was deliberate omission of information and alteration of the content.
To me, that is entirely disrespecting the will of the committee. That should not be accepted. We're all honourable members. I understand there's a process through which we have to go. We have to get support from committee members to get the majority to move things forward. I understand that. I understand that I'm one voice around this table, and I don't always get my way.
However, in that instance the motion did pass, and the committee did pass it. However, the outcome did not reflect that. I believe that is a breach of my privilege. This is why I think it should be reported to the House. It should be investigated and looked into. It's important not only just for this moment in time, not just for me as a member of Parliament. It could happen to any of us. It could happen in any other committee as well. There are rules that we need to follow, and there are processes that we need to respect.
That's why I'm putting this forward at this point in time. It's unfinished business from this year, something that bothered me a lot at the time. However, in the interest of getting on with the work that we needed to get through, I did not bring this back up. I waited until we had a moment, and now we do actually have a moment to do that. That's why I'm bringing it forward again.