Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
As I mentioned earlier, I think that for a full study on this we need to look at what happened previously, when General Vance was appointed. There have been a number of news articles, including on February 5, and I know that the former chief of staff to Prime Minister Harper, Ray Novak, declined to comment on that media interview, even though there was some suggestion in the media that perhaps some of this was known at that time.
Having said that, and also in wondering why it took three months—when the norm is about one month—before the change of command happened after General Vance was first named as chief of the defence staff, I would move a motion that, in addition to the names that are listed, under that, the committee invite the following witnesses: that we also add e) and f), and that would be Ray Novak, chief of staff to Stephen Harper when he was prime minister; and Gerrit Nieuwoudt, chief of staff to Jason Kenney when he was minister of defence.