Mr. Chairman, I think Mr. Cullen, Madame DeBellefeuille, and Mr. Bevington really made the case. The fact is that what we're doing in examination of the tar sands is exactly the same thing Mr. Ouellet is asking us to do in this motion, and we're doing it based on the original mandate and the original framework. For that reason I see no need to change it.
We've discussed the economic development aspect of the tar sands. We've discussed the social aspects. We've discussed environmental considerations from a sustainability point of view. We've done all that under the mandate and the framework that we set out at the very beginning of this committee, and therefore I suggest that we can keep doing it under the framework we already have.
Consequently, Mr. Ouellet's motion would be redundant, considering we're already doing it.