Thanks, Mr. Chair. I appreciate your time. I won't be long.
I'm disappointed. This is a motion we all agreed to unanimously. It's funny. I'm hearing right now that people are saying it's not within our mandate. The same people who voted for this motion are now saying the motion they supported is apparently out of order.
We hear repeatedly that we have other things to do. I think we should just vote and get to this. I don't think it is a great use of our time to continue to filibuster out witnesses whom we, the committee, agreed to have appear. I don't think it's an issue of one or two. There appears to be a concerted effort by all of the witnesses to refuse or ignore our committee. I would ask the government to stop delaying and allow this to get to a vote. If they're so willing to work on consensus or as a group, we should put it to a vote and see what the members of this committee think.
I'm very happy to leave it in the chair's hands. The amendment is suggesting that we give them one last chance and if they do not agree, we leave it to the chair's discretion to proceed from there.
That's all, Mr. Chair. Thank you.