Mr. Chair, I understand some of the points from the opposition parties. However, we must not forget the committee that we're on. It's SECU, public safety and national security. There will be times that are not going to fall within this very small, pre-defined list on this motion. There will be times when we will need to go in camera for various reasons, such as witnesses and other security issues, routine committee business based on schedules, and proposed witnesses coming in whose presence should not be public knowledge until the point in time that they appear.
On the government side, we cannot support a motion that would confine us to a very small defined, narrow perspective of when in camera should be used. The very nature of this committee dictates that we need to be able to use that for various reasons.
Last, Mr. Chair, it's a parliamentary right of everyone on this committee to be able to voice their opinions and have a say, and sometimes that requires you to go in camera. Taking that privilege away would be taking away something which Parliament has had the privilege of doing since the beginning of time.
On the government side, we cannot vote for any motion that's going to take away parliamentary rights, and we can't accept any motion that's going to limit when we can or cannot go in camera for various reasons, obvious reasons.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.