Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to Mr. Bittle for his amendment.
I think we are close to having agreement here on how to proceed and we can address the sanitization of the version in the actual meetings, if we do agree to this.
I would say, however, that we would like to see specific reference to an invitation to the CEO and officials from the Canada Infrastructure Bank. I note that Mr. Bittle's version does invite the minister, which we are happy with, and his officials, but it did specifically delete the references to Canada Infrastructure Bank's CEO and officials.
I would actually propose a subamendment to Mr. Bittle's amendment, which would read as follows: Given that, the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) spent nearly $900,000 in consulting fees on the Lake Erie Connector project; that the Standing Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure and Communities undertake a study of the Canada Infrastructure Bank's involvement in the Lake Erie Connector project; that the committee hold three meetings to hear from witnesses on the topic; and that the committee invite the Minister of Infrastructure and Infrastructure Canada officials, as well as the CEO and officials from the Canada Infrastructure Bank to appear as part of the study.
Of course, that would simply be an invitation. It simply adds them back in to indicate that this committee would like to hear from the CEO and officials. I think it finds a common ground. We're not prescriptive on hours and minimum meetings, etc. We've even taken out the fact that this committee recommended that the CIB be abolished, so we just have a pretty straightforward motion.
I hope the committee will agree that we can add back in the CEO and officials from the CIB.