Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I think we're dealing with something different here. I do agree with our normal procedure for selecting witnesses, but that's not the procedure we follow for inviting government officials, and particularly ministers.
My reason for naming the former minister of defence follows that precedent. We don't say that parties will decide whether or not we call the ministers responsible, so I think this is a different situation because Mr. Kenney is a former member of Parliament and a former minister of defence. He is not a private individual. I quite agree with the members who are arguing that we normally discuss witnesses in an in camera meeting, but when it comes to government officials and those who are or were responsible to Parliament, I think that's a different category, and that's the reason I moved a separate motion.
I am supportive of Mr. Bezan's arguments that the same applies to those public servants who handle the vetting and complaints process, but as the chair has ruled, the committee has decided that point, so I would urge committee members to simply support this motion to invite Premier Kenney.