Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I am going to be brief, because I have a lot of other things to say.
I represent a large 32,000 km riding. In the summer, we use the time to meet with our constituents. I think it is important to do that.
As I said, this same motion has been put forward at 24 parliamentary committees. The dates were the same. We work from September to June to do committee work. We are independent. We do our studies. When we talk about committees' independence, we are talking about the four parties around the table. As Ms. Ashton said, this is not a national security problem.
Coming back to Mr. Godin's motion, he wants us to adopt his motion, but he has clearly said that they would continue to engage in obstruction until we vote on the motion. In the motion, we are asked to sit this summer. It is important that Canadians understand that. Mr. Godin's motion cannot even be considered by the committee, because a committee is not entitled to tell a whip—