Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
In this amendment—we'll send a copy to the clerk so it's more clear—part (i) of paragraph (b) is asking for electronic communications between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the office of the Minister of Veterans Affairs. Part (ii) is asking for communications between the Department of Canadian Heritage and the office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage. Those stay as is, but the following five lines are deleted.
At the very end of the motion, after paragraph (e), we add, “That once the Committee receives the aforementioned information”—the Veterans Affairs and Heritage Canada information—“from the bodies outlined in point (b) and (d) and receives testimony from the witnesses identified in point (a) and (c), the committee discuss whether to request such information between (i) the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Privy Council Office, (ii) the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Privy Council Office, (iii) the Privy Council Office and the Office of the Prime Minister, (iv) the office of the Minister of Veterans Affairs and the Office of the Prime Minister, and (v) the office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage and the Office of the Prime Minister.”
The amendment would change this motion so we get the preliminary information. If the committee decides that it needs further information and that it would truly be valuable to go after the Prime Minister's Office, for example, we can continue. At least it gets us to a place where we can start to look at how this process was conducted.
I hope that's clear, Chair. Thank you.