It parallels this one, Mr. Chairman, as well. There's no discussion on this one until it comes back.
One comment I would have, should we pursue this, is this. Seeing that we're having two committees, I would ask you, Mr. Chair, to work with the other chair of the foreign affairs committee. I have found it very frustrating, having participated in some of these joint committees. So much time goes by—two hours or an hour and a half to two hours—and we don't have the opportunity as members to participate, to ask questions. I see my colleagues across the way nodding their heads; I think they empathize with what I'm saying. For me, Mr. Chair, it would be a waste of time. I think we would look silly to the nation on television if each member isn't given an opportunity on this most serious subject, which has been discussed in every kitchen and every restaurant, etc. Those are my comments on that, and we'll elaborate at the next meeting.
There is another thing I would like you, Mr. Chairman, to ask the clerk and your staff. We have all worked very hard for months, and we've heard from so many witnesses: academics, former military people, current military people, and different organizations. We were compiling information on our study on our mission in Afghanistan. Correct me if I'm wrong. We did put a report together. I would like to ask, because people have been asking me, what happened to that report? What happened to those 13 or 14 recommendations? It goes hand in hand with what we have. What we're trying to do here is get the best of all the ideas so that as representatives we can do the right thing. We've always had good cooperation in this committee, from my understanding. Nothing has changed today. We might differ on some minor points.
I would ask for somebody to tell me—it's your work, my work, everybody's work—what happened to that report? What happened to those recommendations? I have all the respect for this new committee, the Manley committee, and whatever work they did, and we're going to draw comparisons at some point in time. But I owe it to my constituents, my taxpayers, as I'm sure every one of us does here, to respond to the questions they put to me.
What happened to that report? Can you now compare report A and report B? What are the common denominators? What are we doing? What are they suggesting to do that we have not been doing?