Thank you, Chair.
Unfortunately, I do hope that we will be able to have witnesses called back, because now I must speak to the motion that I put on notice. I'm going to do that now. What I hope is that Adam Waterous at some point today, or in the future, will be able to expand on the importance of oil and gas to lift all Canadians as well as vulnerable people right around the world out of energy poverty, with higher standards of living and quality of life.
I would also mention to Mr. Vaillant...and, of course, he talked at length about a region that I'm from. My riding was the front lines for helping evacuees coming from Fort McMurray. Of course, the investigators did note about that fire that it was caused by a combination of human activity related to recreational vehicles, power lines, arson and some other human-caused factors. Hopefully, that will be expanded later on for a fact-based conversation about that particular fire, which impacted the communities and the indigenous people whom I represent.
At this time, I want to speak to a motion that I think needs to urgently become the absolute top priority for this committee, which is that the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that Bill C-69, which has been in law for half a decade and was supported by the Liberals and the NDP by the time it left the House of Commons but faced opposition from all provinces and all territories, either outright opposed to it or calling for major overhauls....
To that end, I want to speak to the motion that I put on notice, which asked that the committee recognize that Bill C-69 has been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Canada—