Thank you, Chair.
I just want to say that I think the original motion that was brought to this committee was brought in good faith. I think it was brought because members of this committee wanted to hear from the agencies.
I am quite disappointed with the way our colleagues from the Conservative Party are turning this into a partisan issue. To say that the only place these folks can appear is at the public safety committee is just factually incorrect.
In fact, right now in the House of Commons there is a debate happening on the invocation of the Emergencies Act. There will be a special committee formed that will be reviewing what happened, so if we want to talk about bank accounts being frozen and the need to get to the bottom of that, quite frankly, that is what's being debated in the House right now and will be debated for quite some time.
I think members will recall that we had FINTRAC come at the request of Liberal members of the committee, and they provided extremely helpful information to the government on the gaps that exist in the financial system. I think it's been incredibly important, the measures that were brought in.
To see the Conservative Party say that we don't treat this as urgent, when we have just brought in legislation that will invoke the Emergencies Act, something that hasn't been used since it was created, is to see something that is simply not true. It's obvious that we are treating it urgently.
I am really disappointed by how partisan this has turned. I think it's unfortunate that we're not using our ability on this committee to do some digging to get to the bottom of where things are. I am really disappointed.
I think the initial motion was brought in good faith and it's unfortunate that it's been turned into a more partisan debate. I think it's incumbent on us to respond to some of these allegations, which simply don't reflect the facts of what our government is doing right now.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.