Mr. Speaker, at the heart of all of this, because there is so much conflicting information that surfaced, there really was an international incident as a result of it, we as parliamentarians have a right to know. I think Canadians, equally important, have the right to know. Is that not the intent behind the motion that we are debating today?
The purpose is to have officials who have perhaps some knowledge of this situation appear before the committee so that we can actually get at the truth. Once we do, it could be that all of the things that the government is saying are valid. It may well be exactly that, and then we can once and for all put this to bed instead of relying on what we suspect is spin from the government.