Mr. Speaker, I am aware of the recommendation of the standing committee. However they did not recommend a secret meeting.
On this day 30 years ago Canadians chose their new flag in an open forum that included the whole country. Today the minister uses backroom politics in a four-star hotel to try to slip in a new oath by Canadians on the sly. Canadians are saying: "Stop the secrecy but above all stop the waste".
Will the minister tell Parliament that he will put a stop to these backroom meetings and that any future changes of such profound importance will be brought before the Canadian people as was done 30 years ago?