Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Indeed, the whole situation surrounding this contract is quite complex and makes us all uneasy. We all understand it's important to get to the bottom of this and learning from what happened. However, we are not prepared to do this study by addressing all the items requested, for various reasons this committee has already heard.
I therefore propose a compromise, another motion that would first seek that the committee undertake the study. We would therefore keep the first sentence of the proposed motion, namely the following:
That the Committee, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), undertake a study concerning the contract awarded to Sinclair Technologies, which is owned by Norsat International, a subsidiary of Chinese telecommunications firm Hytera, a partly state-owned enterprise by the Communist Party Government of the People’s Republic of China, to build and maintain a radio frequency filtering system for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
In addition, I propose that the committee invite the Honourable Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety to appear before the committee to answer questions about this contract. This will not preclude us from adding more items at a later date, depending on what may emerge from the Standing Committee on Public Safety or other committees or even from the internal investigation report. If we want to go further at that time, we can do so.
First, I propose that we invite Minister Marco Mendicino. Then, there could be a second motion to invite—