Thank you, Chair.
Very quickly, the rationale behind it is that we heard very clearly here today Michelle Rempel Garner was, in fact, contacted by the Indian consulate, which was quite upset. According to testimony here today, the word “angry” was used about Mr. Brown's campaign and speeches with regard to using “Sikh nation” in some of his language, which was asked to be changed. In fact, they had a conference call. They discussed that. He mentioned a discussion about the displeasure of the Indian consulate and its expressing that to Michelle Rempel Garner.
I think it's important, since the allegation has been made that she received that phone call and then relayed that information, that she be given a chance to appear before this committee to explain her side of the phone call. As Mayor Brown rightly pointed out, he can't possibly know what was on the other end of that phone call, so we should go directly to the source who received it.
In addition to that, Mayor Brown mentioned two people, Mr. Sandhu and Mr. Singh, and one was at least his campaign co-chair. After MP Rempel Garner received this phone call, there was a 45-minute debrief on that “angry phone call” with those two individuals. Since Mayor Brown was not part of that 45-minute debrief, I think it's important that we bring these two individuals here as well.