I'm going to spend 30 seconds reading what I consider to be the law on this issue, and it really goes right to the supremacy of Parliament:
Parliament, and by extension its committees, has the constitutional right to initiate inquiries, to call witnesses, and to demand papers and records. This right is not limited by any ordinary statute, including the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.
Although the House has not placed any restriction on the power to send for papers and records, it may [that's the House] not be appropriate to insist on the production of papers in all cases. ... ...considerations of public policy, including national security, foreign relations, and so forth, enter into the decision as to when it is appropriate to order to production of such documents.
Where a committee meets with a refusal to provide a document it deems essential to its work, the committee may pass a motion ordering its production.
That has been well known. It's in Marleau and Montpetit. It's in the other books dealing with parliamentary procedure.
I think we've said enough. I'm prepared to put the question right now on the motion as amended.
Mr. Saxton has called for a recorded vote. I will turn that over to the clerk.