I think most of my colleagues have the document in front of them.
I hear where my colleague is coming from. I think it's important that we be respectful to both official languages. If we wanted it in one language, it could be ready, but I think it's important for our two official languages to make sure we have documents in both official languages.
As we've heard, there are over 30,000 pages. That would probably take someone close to 600 hours to review. If Mr. Savard-Tremblay wants to prioritize certain documents that he wants to look for, I think this amendment will help with that. It's about transparency, and I think the government wants to be very transparent in terms of what's presented.
As you can see in your original motion and in what the chair said, documents have been provided to us by CBSA, but this is not with CBSA. This is with the translation bureau, with the officials there, and they have to take their time to make sure the documents are translated properly.
I have a few amendments here. I'll read them into the record:
the CBSA continues to provide the committee with the requested documents as they are translated and has written to the committee on April 11, April 19, May 1, October 1 and October 7 requesting guidance from the committee; and
the CARM technical specifications alone exceed 30,000 pages, which need to be translated;
That the committee respond to the CBSA's request to indicate prioritization of the material to be translated and submitted to the committee.
We cross out the last section there: “as the committee has not received all the documents requested, the Committee report these matters to the House, so that the House may take the measures it deems appropriate with regard to parliamentary privilege.”
I think this is an amendment to take Mr. Savard-Tremblay's considerations very seriously. I think that when we prioritize the documents Mr. Savard-Tremblay wants, he'll see that he can go through the documents as he wishes. Again, reviewing over 30,000 pages and getting them translated.... For someone reading at an average speed, it is going to take 600 hours to review 30,000 pages. I'm not sure what we're getting at here, but I think that, in the spirit of transparency, this is a good remedy for Mr. Savard-Tremblay's motion.