Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I have a motion that I gave notice for at the last meeting. I'd like to read the motion and bring it to a vote for the committee. It's a small motion. I'm just going to read it and then I'll speak briefly to it. I know there are potentially other motions here today. I think it speaks for itself:
That the Standing Committee on Industry hold hearings to study the proposed purchase by this government of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project pipeline and infrastructure, including: a) the terms of the purchase including the costs to taxpayers and long-term impacts of purchasing and completing this project, b) the direct and indirect impacts on Canadian businesses directly in competition with pipeline products and the use of those products in respective markets, and, c) the plan for the sale of this project once completed.
Could I speak to the motion?