Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Perhaps I can refresh my colleague's memory.
So let me read your own motion again, Mr. Beaulieu. Its scope is very broad. However, let me make one comment first: the committee should be debating many things this evening other than this one. But this is the battle you chose. So let me read your motion again:
That the Standing Committee on Official Languages report to the House of Commons the following recommendation: That the Standing Committee on Official Languages recommend to the House the creation of a special committee to hold hearings to examine all aspects of the design and creation of the Canada Student Service Grant…
The motion says “student” and I am talking about teaching and education. So it is relevant. Let me continue.
…including those relating to the study to review the safeguards to prevent conflicts of interest in federal government expenditure policies;…
As you all know full well, dear friends, the program was unfortunately scrapped. With all the foofaraw they were trying to justify, some articles tried to make the point that Canadian charitable organizations were being put at risk. As for expenditures, there weren't any. Let me stop there and continue reading Mr. Beaulieu's motion:
…government spending, WE Charity and the Canada Student Service Grant; the government’s decision to select WE Charity, an anglophone organization, to implement the Canada Student Service Grant (CSSG); and the administration of the Canada Student Service Grant and WE Charity; 1. That the committee be composed of 11 members, of which five shall be government members, four shall be from the official opposition, one shall be from the Bloc Québécois and one from the New Democratic Party; 2. That changes in the membership of the committee shall be effective immediately after notification by the whip has been filed with the Clerk of the House; 3. That membership substitutions be permitted, if required, in the manner provided for in Standing Order 114(2); 4. That the members shall be named by their respective whip by depositing with the Clerk of the House the list of their members to serve on the committee no later than 3 days following the adoption of this motion by the House; 5. That the Clerk of the House shall convene an organization meeting of the said committee no later than 5 days following the adoption of this motion by the House; 6. That the committee be chaired by a member of the official opposition; 7. That notwithstanding Standing Order 106(2), in addition to the Chair, there be one vice-chair from the official opposition, one vice-chair from the Bloc Québécois and one vice-chair from the New Democratic Party; 8. That quorum of the committee be as provided for in Standing Order 118 and that the Chair be authorized to hold meetings to receive evidence and to have that evidence printed when a quorum is not present, provided that at least four members are present, including one member of the opposition and one member of the government; 9. That the committee be granted all of the powers of a standing committee, as provided in the Standing Orders, as well as the power to travel, accompanied by the necessary staff, inside and outside of Canada; 10. That the committee have the power to authorize video and audio broadcasting of any or all of its proceedings; 11. That the committee continue all of the business of the following committees: the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics; the Standing Committee on Finance; the Standing Committee on Official Languages; and the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates; and that…