Thanks, Chair.
I'll keep this brief as well, now that the Liberal member has finished reading the talking points he received from the Prime Minister's Office about why this Prime Minister, who was once all about openness and transparency, is trying to cover up this political interference.
I want to make sure that what this amendment does is clear. Essentially, what it does is remove all of the documents that get at the whole heart of the question here, which is, what was the Prime Minister's Office interfering in this for? Why did they interfere?
Despite the claims made by the Liberal member, the documents we previously received indicate to us that there were meetings that took place in the two-year period after this decision was communicated to the two ministers involved, where the Prime Minister's Office and the Privy Council Office were involved in meetings and where they seem to be driving a process to make changes to this. Nobody knows what the reason for that interference was, and that's what these documents are seeking to produce. Removing all of the documents that relate either to the Prime Minister's Office or to the Privy Council Office removes the ability for this committee to get to the bottom of what actually happened and why there was political interference. It's quite clear that what this is attempting to do is to just cover up for the Prime Minister once again.
I certainly would agree with the Liberal member that there are a lot of very important things that this committee needs to get to that relate to changes that need to be made in how veterans are treated and dealt with by their government and by this department and how we constantly see delays and denials in the basic services and supports that veterans need.
We need to get to that as well, but we need to get this passed. We need to keep all the documents included in this so that we can actually find out why the Prime Minister's Office was interfering in this. If you remove all the documents that relate to the Prime Minister's Office, clearly you're making sure that this can't happen.
The Liberal Party has been given its marching orders by the Prime Minister's Office to help him cover it up. Hopefully, other members of the committee will see that and we can vote this down quickly. Then we can move on to a vote and get this motion passed.