Okay. I will introduce the motion.
I will speak to it as well, because I think the context will become clearer when it's introduced. This is a motion that has been put on notice. The motion is as follows:
That, in relation to the agenda of the committee for the remainder of 2025,
(1) The committee prioritize the study of Bill C-14, the Bail and Sentencing Reform Act ahead of the study into Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, and meet at least twice a week for the remainder of the Fall 2025 session to concurrently study Bill C-14 and other non-legislative studies agreed to by the committee, with at least one meeting per week scheduled for the purposes of considering legislation and at least one meeting per week scheduled for the purposes of undertaking other studies;
(2) With respect to the non-legislative studies, the committee complete witness testimony on bail and sentencing, and begin to prepare a report that focuses on measures needed beyond those contained in Bill C-14, then proceed to the study on the appointment of federal judges, followed by a study into the impact of the supreme court decision in relation to mandatory minimum sentences for possession of Child Sexual Exploitation Material;
(3) With respect to the oversight function of the committee, the Chair be instructed to reiterate the invitation it made to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General to appear on his mandate and priorities, and issue him a new invitation to appear in relation to the Supplementary Estimates (B) 2025-2026, provided that meetings for this purpose be scheduled before Dec. 4, 2025;
(4) In relation to the study of Bill C-14, the following witnesses be invited to appear on separate panels for one hour each:
a) Sean Fraser, Minister of Justice and Attorney General,
b) Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety,
c) Ruby Sahota, Secretary of State (Combatting Crime), and,
d) Dr. Benjamin Roebuck, Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime;
(5) In addition to the aforementioned witnesses, at least 8 meetings be dedicated to receiving testimony from departmental officials, victims and survivors of crime or their advocates, law enforcement officials, provincial and municipal representatives, and other witnesses to be submitted by members of the committee, and;
(6) The Chair may only schedule a meeting for the purposes of clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-14 after all of the witnesses listed in point 4 have appeared, and the specified number of meetings in point 5 have occurred.
The reason this is so crucial.... I'll go back to the point made earlier by Ms. Lattanzio. It was not Conservative obstruction that prevented us from hearing from Bill C-9 witnesses. It was the unwillingness of the Liberal MPs on this committee to do the right thing and adopt a very simple motion, which was so over-complicated that it ended up taking up six hours of this committee's time when it should have been, as it ended up being, a motion that we agreed on unanimously, calling on the government to introduce legislation to protect children, to stand up for the rights of children, to reinstate mandatory minimums for those who peddle in child—