I just have a concern about it for two reasons. I think we should get clarification from the House on this, not just from our own very good procedural clerk.
First of all, it's not a routine motion. We do have routine motions, and this is not routine. We are a special committee, the only special committee that exists this Parliament. There are Standing Orders related to special committees that are intentionally different from the Standing Orders related to standing committees. Special committees and standing committees are different, and I would like to understand what the thinking is in our Parliament where it has decided that special committees don't have that same requirement.
I don't want to assume that I know the answer to that, but someone may have intentionally decided not to put that under the work of a special committee, and there may be a reason for it that has to do with other things.
I think it's not a routine motion, and so I would like to not vote on it. I'm not saying that we defeat it, but I would like to get a response from the Clerk of the House about the history of why it is intentionally not done in our overall Standing Orders.
I'm not sure how I best accomplish what I want to do, such as whether I move to adjourn debate on it, which I could do. Now that I have the floor, I could move to adjourn debate, subject to the clerk's clarifying this with House officials.
Is it possible to make a motion to adjourn debate, subject to the clerk's verifying that it is an appropriate motion with the House and the history of our Standing Orders? I think we need to honour Parliament. We are the master of our own house, yes, but we should also honour Parliament.
I would, therefore, move that we adjourn debate on this, subject to the clerk's clarifying the Standing Orders that apply to standing committees and special committees.