I'd be interested in the clerk's comments as to whether it is in fact in order, since the mandate of the committee is to study statute law relating to the department assigned to it; the program and policy objectives of the department and their effectiveness; the immediate, medium, and long-term expenditure plans of the department; analysis of the relative success of the department; and other matters relating to the mandate, management, organization, and operation of the department as it sees fit.
I'd be interested in the thoughts of the clerk as to how this motion—and we all of course will have our opinions as to its political motivation—might relate to the mandate of the committee as it's found in the standing orders.