Thank you, Madam Chair.
I wanted to reiterate my support for this important study. That is why we passed the motion at the last meeting, Madam Chair. I was very surprised by this new motion. I thought we had an agreement to submit our witness lists for March 19. Wasn't that the motion we passed? We have been preparing a list of witnesses who we were hoping to hear from, and this new motion does not contain anything about inviting additional witnesses. This is a very important study. We all agreed to that on the last motion. We want to hear from women and their perspectives. It will not be a good study if we limit our witnesses. All parties should be included.
I have a few procedural questions.
First, I would like to make sure that a copy of the motion is distributed in both official languages to the members. It was brought in French.
Second, I would like to ensure that the other motion we already passed, requesting that the government respond to the 2019 report, “A Force for Change”, remain in place, and that the feedback we hear from the government be taken into account.
Would you or the clerk be able to tell us what you think should be a next step for the study we already passed? If we call witnesses for Monday, will the clerk have enough time to get them headsets to make sure they are properly prepared?
I would ask you or the clerk if you can tell us what the next step is for the motion we've already passed.