Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Seeing that we're going to be staying in an open session, it actually might, to some extent, be a more robust discussion.
My question is for a clarification that I would ask either of you, Mr. Chairman, or the clerk. We have the witnesses here with us. We're going to be debating a motion by the NDP member, and now that we're in open session, it may be of benefit to ask the witnesses some questions that pertain to the NDP motion.
I'd like to ask the clerk if we can have this robust discussion and debate the motion with some input from those who are in the business and can really give us an idea of how credible this motion would in fact be in terms of how we move forward. As many of us know, there has been a decision made on this issue already this week. I don't think the timing is an issue, besides the politics of it. I get that. Other than that, with the decision being made and the mandates lifted, I'm not sure what will actually come out of this besides a few tweets and some social media for the member.
With that, I would ask, would members be allowed to get more information to then make a proper decision on this motion? Would it be allowed for us to ask some of the witnesses we have here with us some questions that would pertain to this motion, Mr. Chairman?