Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to welcome the students from Saint‑Hyacinthe high school and thank them for joining us today.
The motion covers a number of elements, and my preference in those cases is always to have the steering committee discuss the matter. I'm all for inviting the minister, but I think it's unlikely that he'll be able to make time in his schedule on Thursday.
While I think it's important to get started on Ms. Michaud's study, which we all support, as soon as possible, doing so would delay our study of Bill C-26. For the past month, we've had a number of challenges in holding discussions and meeting with witnesses. I think we need to improve Bill C-26 right away. Then, we could move on to the auto theft study, which I think is important.
For that reason, I will be voting against the motion, but I will raise it with the steering committee. I think the committee should meet as soon as possible.
That said, I think we need to work out a schedule and invite the minister again. Mr. Shipley rightly pointed out that the minister has hardly been here, and that needs to change. We can discuss the auto theft issue as soon as we wrap up the study on Bill C-26.