I'm disappointed that we're taking up time when we could be dealing with a witness. He moved it in public. We could have just done that at a different time, but here we are.
Remembrance Day is a really important day to remember people who served our country. It is a time of great sorrow for so many families across the country. Educating young people about what that looks like and about the cost of war is tremendously important. I really don't condone the behaviour we saw there. It was not well thought out. I think that complex discussions always need to happen, but that is not the time or place for complex discussions. It's a time to honour the people who served us.
However, I won't be supporting this motion, because I don't feel it is the role of a committee to make that kind of judgment. I believe that when hard things happen, communities and the areas need to deal with it, and that is their sacred right. When we come in and impose something, as a committee that isn't part of the community, it just seems a bit odd.
Our voices, obviously, are all the same around the table, and I hope what is heard is that we don't believe that is appropriate behaviour. However, it isn't our job to tell people how to, as I think the motion says, fire someone. That is not our role as a committee. Perhaps the member could think about what our role is, which might be to have an opinion but not to tell people what the action should be.