Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure to bring to the House the voices of Chatham-Kent—Leamington, in particular those of of your sister-in-law and your brother, whom I thank for his service to our country and to our community.
Recently I spoke to the amended privilege motion regarding the SDTC scandal, or as it is better known as now, the green slush fund. Today we are speaking to the subamendment to the amendment, from the member for Flamborough—Glanbrook, which was seconded by the member for Regina—Qu'Appelle. I will read it into the record:
That the amendment be amended by adding, after subparagraph (a)(ii), the following:
“(iii) the Privacy Commissioner of Canada,...”
The name is being added to the list of witnesses to be called. The subamendment goes on to state, “‘who respected the order of the House and deposited unredacted documents,’”.
Then there is another new part: “‘(iv) Paul MacKinnon, the former Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Governance),’”.
We want to add the mentioned individuals to the list provided in the original amendment, and we want them called to testify before the PROC committee. First, however, we are here, and we need the government to respect the first ruling of the Speaker of the House to provide all of the documents unredacted, period. We will be here in the chamber until that is accomplished.
In my first intervention in speaking to the amendment, I described the government's plethora of scandals. It is a list, a plethora or an amount; pick any word to describe the scandals.