Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Chair, I won't ask for the committee to respect process, because that's clearly already been abandoned. What I would suggest—and this is a segue from Mr. Rota—is that we at a minimum respect our study of the ICA and the witnesses who are waiting to provide their valuable testimony to us. I would suggest that we have them come before us right now and that we defer this discussion on the motion until the end of this committee meeting and provide ourselves with whatever allotted period of time we need at the end of the committee to discuss this motion.
We've heard from opposition coalition representatives about how important the study of the ICA is. Ralph Goodale said:
From all sides in this debate about foreign direct investment, there needs to be more clarity about what net benefit means.
And Jack Layton said:
...the Government of Canada should take immediate steps to amend the Investment Canada Act...
Well, let's get to that. Let's have the witnesses here provide their important perspective on this piece of legislation, and let's hear from them now.
I'm moving to defer this discussion on the motion to a time at the end of this committee meeting.