Mr. Chair, although it is noble of my colleague to make this motion this morning, I do not think we had begun that task. It is premature to say that we are going to begin a study. We have to vote against this motion, because we want to finish with the report on Afghanistan. The situation there is getting more untenable by the minute, and has an impact on Canada's very reputation. I am talking about the Afghan detainees.
We have already come out in favour of a study on the question of Afghan detainees. This must come first. As regards procurement, we must clearly work with the recommendations. The agenda and the timelines set by the steering committee contain enough work to take us to the summer.
I understand the reasons why my colleague wants to deal with his motion, but doing it now does not work for us. So we are going to vote against the motion.