Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Dosanjh actually used the words “abandoning our responsibilities”. The media today has also put it right in the lap of the federal government.
With all due respect--I'm not a member of this committee--but as it was pointed out, four out of the five jurisdiction responsibilities.... I don't think we can afford, as federally elected members, to say it has already been looked into and certain revelations have come forth. It is in our laps. To sit back with Mr. Mayes--I think it was a good suggestion--would save time, but I think we're going to be perceived as federal representatives who are sitting back and doing nothing--waiting for the report and then analyzing it and procrastinating in some way. I think there has to be something on behalf of the federal government, and this committee specifically, to show that we're front and centre.
I'll close with this. The media has put the pressure on all of us. It's not the government necessarily. It's on all of us: it's your responsibility, you undertake it, let's see what you're going to do.
Based on that, I don't think we should be abandoning our responsibilities, as Mr. Dosanjh said.