Thank you.
I spoke to the motion yesterday, but I'll just read it out and articulate some of the differences with the new motion. The new motion is as follows:
In light of testimony and evidence provided by Diane Daly, the committee order the production from the government of the recording which Ms. Daly referenced in her testimony of her 3.5 hour interview with CBSA, and call the following people to appear before the committee on ArriveCan and particularly to respond to the new information Ms. Daly has presented: Lysane Bolduc, Tom von Schoenberg, Arianne Reza, Erin O’Gorman, and additional officials and experts with knowledge of TBIPS; further, that the committee write to Kristian Firth and ask him to provide information and evidence supporting his claims at the bar of the House regarding Diane Daly, including the time, location, and names of other participants at the alleged meetings with her, and that he respond to the committee’s request for information by Labour Day.
With regard to the changes that were made, I think one Liberal member raised a concern earlier about it not being clear which recording was being referred to. I thought it was clear from the testimony, but I added a bit more information to clarify which recording we're seeking.
Mr. Desjarlais made a very good suggestion about having officials who can speak to TBIPS. I thought that was a good suggestion, so I added that in.
Ms. Sinclair-Desgagné suggested that we not invite Kristian Firth. I have proposed instead that we simply ask Mr. Firth to send us follow-up information as evidence. We would not be calling Mr. Firth. We would just be sending a request to him to respond in writing to the committee, responding to Ms. Daly's testimony and his comments on April 17, and inviting him to provide some additional evidence to support his version of events.
Rather than having a flurry of amendments—I mean, people are welcome to propose amendments, of course—I thought I would try to speed up the process a little bit by incorporating the feedback we have received from various parties. The principle of following up on Ms. Daly's really groundbreaking testimony yesterday, to be able to more effectively assess her claims and put questions to others about that testimony, I think is clearly important.
I got the sense that there was majority support for the principles of my motion. Hopefully, with these modifications we'll be able to get it done quickly and get back to speaking with the Ethics Commissioner.