Madam Speaker, since this morning, this NDP member has been harping on the fact that earlier this week, her motion was defeated at the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. The motion called for a study into the Canada Soccer drone spying scandal at the summer Olympics. Let me put things into perspective and provide some context.
It is not that the Bloc Québécois does not support the motion. On the contrary, we already explained that we would support it in another form. We had asked her to include the names of witnesses we wanted to hear from as part of the study, which she did not do in her motion. The motion she moved also included a deadline, imposing an agenda on the committee. That was not acceptable either. In addition, and this is the main reason, there is an external investigation currently under way.
What is the point of starting a committee study when we have not yet seen the results of an independent external investigation into the matter? Here are my comments in response to the NDP member's many criticisms and outcries. If she does her job properly and thoroughly, taking into consideration the discussions she is having with the other parties, her motion will lead to a study in committee.