Thank you, Chair.
I have to agree with the urgency of the matter. We have heard, obviously, the recent testimony and we have the report, and [Technical difficulty—Editor] brought up the attack on Rideau Hall. He certainly attacked the gate. He didn't get to the Prime Minister to arrest him. Of course, he wasn't there.
Also, in Newfoundland and Labrador during the last election, a gentleman took it upon himself.... He had a pickup as well. I don't know if there is any coincidence in that, but he was driving with the intention to “stop the election”, and showed up in front of a campaign headquarters in Deer Lake after being chased. He eluded the police along the way, with 16 hunting rifles and various other things in his vehicle. He was arrested and was subsequently charged.
We do have people who seem to be motivated by ideologies of one sort or another who take it upon themselves to do these things. It is a relatively new phenomenon. It's not the newness of the phenomenon, but the extent of it that appears to give it a sense of urgency.
To me, “urgent” means maybe we should deal with it between now and the end of the session and find a way of doing that. To drop everything to do it and take up four meetings right away doesn't seem to make sense. I'm not prepared to agree to that, but I will agree to undertake the study. Perhaps we can do it in conjunction with the other work we've already committed to, and not necessarily take anything away from what's been put in place already.