Thank you, Chair.
We should consider something Mr. Spengemann mentioned earlier, which is that we have access to witnesses that we've passed motions to invite to this committee. They are largely the ones who are mentioned in the motion we're debating right now. We could certainly learn a lot from them, I suspect. Why not do that rather than taking the risk of exposing someone who has come forward? To me, that would be the rationale for not passing this motion. I think we'd be taking a great risk.
We have investigative bodies whose role is to look into these cases of allegations of sexual harassment and assault. I think we should be focusing on how we make the system better for victims. We've heard from witnesses who have come forward about a range of things that can be done. I think those are the things this committee should be tasked with. That's our mandate.
I also agree with something Mr. Spengemann mentioned earlier, which is that now that a couple of Conservative committee members have alleged that there is a cover-up without evidence to support that, it clearly shows that this is about politics. I struggle with the signal it sends to people who want to come forward, which is that politics will potentially trump their safety, their security and the protection we should be helping to afford and provide to them.
I wanted to add those points, Madam Chair.