Thank you, Chair.
I'll be lending my support to the motion. If I could offer one criticism, I think judicial vacancies are one part of the problem, and it could be expanded to broadly cover other things. I think one of the things that are important about the committee structure, as a body of the legislature, is that we're here to hold the government to account. That goes for my honourable friends on the government side.
One of the things that I've always appreciated about sitting on this committee during the last year was how respectful we are because of the weighty subject matter we deal with at justice committee. I've always felt that on this particular committee we've had some great camaraderie. I think Mr. Cooper has a point, that because of the charged atmosphere that exists during question period, it's really impossible to have a fulsome conversation on this matter. I feel that given the justice minister's previous appearances at this committee, I think we can hold ourselves to the same standard that I witnessed during 2017, and have a respectful conversation on this subject.
One criticism I could offer, it could be a much broader conversation, but I still think there's no harm in having the justice minister come here so we can do our jobs as parliamentarians and conduct ourselves as an investigative body and come up with some helpful solutions. I offer my comments, and I hope that my Liberal colleagues will take them in the spirit they're given.
Thank you.