Thank you, Mr. Chair.
It's been our party's position that we've been opposed to having parliamentary secretaries playing this role because of the need for independence of the committee from direct influence from the government, and I assume that position would remain the same. I would prefer to have Mr. Lee's recommendation followed, that we put this off so we can get directions from our caucuses before we vote on this.
Just to finish, Mr. Chair, I'm concerned that if we're doing it in this committee, we are going to be faced with the same motions in other committees and I want a systematic response from my party.