Thank you so much, Chair.
I'll start with Ms. Dancho's points before I get into the substance of my motion and the debate. I don't disagree whatsoever with studying violence against women and children. This is crucially important work and this is precisely why it was a unanimously passed motion. There's no debate there on how important that is.
We must also look at the fact that Russian state actors have potentially been paying influencers in Canada to disrupt our democratic institutions and our public safety. The high commissioner was just here, talking about examples in the U.K. of violent demonstrations that were pushed for by influencers in the U.K. with very serious connections back to Russian state actors.
This committee is sometimes tasked with dealing with multiple security risks and multiple studies at once.
It was just a few months ago that Conservatives stood in the House on a regular basis to talk about foreign interference as being a huge threat to democracy, but now, all of a sudden, when there are connections to Conservatives and Russians, it's no longer a priority to be studied. I find that deeply concerning. I find it deeply concerning that we've approved this study and Conservatives now seem to be backing out of wanting to make it a priority.