Thank you.
I would like to point out that there have been a lot of statements, and I'll be very kind and call them erroneous statements. One such comment is that the minister is standing alone on this agreement. That should be stricken from the record of this meeting because that is an absolute false statement. For someone from this committee to suggest that the government is not doing its job, that the government members of this committee have not read this report, I find that absolutely repugnant and unacceptable behaviour by a member of this committee. We're all working hard. We're all here for the right reason. Let's keep it honest, let's keep the comments realistic, and let's move on with this thing.
We need to get the minister here. I'm absolutely in support of the motion, and I will speak to this motion. We need the government officials to obviously brief this committee, because even though Mr. Julian says he has read it, he obviously doesn't understand the benefits of the improvements that have come about since that original agreement. So I think it's absolutely necessary that we have a briefing for the committee first.