Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I was coming to an end. I did want to conclude by simply saying that the fear I had when we started this process many months ago has in fact materialized. This committee has become stymied on this issue.
I would very much like to see us get to the motions that are in front of this committee and do the work that veterans want us to do. The veterans I speak to want the monument built, period. They want to get to the point where they can stand in front of that monument and honour the fallen soldiers they served beside. I've read only two of them, but if I'm not mistaken, Mr. Chair—you can check with the analyst—I believe there are six motions that are in front of us, including motions that the Conservatives themselves have tabled and apparently have just decided are not as important as this.
I just want to identify these motions that are in front of us, and I want to identify the fact that the opposition has decided that what we're debating today is more important to them. I can tell you that, for the veterans I've spoken to, this is not the case. This debate in the last hour and a half has not been important to veterans, but the motions that we have all agreed upon are. The sooner we can get back to those motions, the sooner we can move forward with recommendations to the government and actually effect change that will support veterans in this country.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.