Thank you.
I want to make this brief. I did put in this motion a number of weeks ago, but out of respect for our witnesses and this committee study, I wanted to delay it until a convenient time for the committee.
As many of you know, Ottawa was hit by six tornadoes a number of weeks ago. It's been extensively covered in the news.
Many of my constituents actually brought up this issue to me on Canada Day. After this copyright study is completed, I think it would be very prudent for the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology to allocate no fewer than two meetings to explore the causes of the breakdown in the process related to cellular coverage and telecommunications during natural disasters such as the Ottawa disaster, and what recommendations we can make as a committee to improve the system and to improve the public safety of Canadians.
I'd submit that to the committee for consideration.