Mr. Chair, I don't think we need to spend a lot of time discussing this. For members of the opposition, obviously, it would make no sense at all to essentially hand over the direction of committee business and the agenda to the government, which is essentially what this does.
As a committee, we've worked together. I've been on the international trade committee now for three and a half years, and essentially we establish agendas by consensus. We work with the chair and the agenda committee.
To have the three opposition parties hand over the agenda priorities to the government would make no sense at all in a minority Parliament. Canadians chose a minority Parliament. The result of the committee composition is the choice Canadians made, so it makes no sense at all for the opposition to hand over the agenda-setting to the Conservatives. This should be done with the approval and consensus of as many members and parties around the table as possible.
So I'm voting against this motion.