No, I think it was adjourned because everyone had to leave at 6:30.
I guess the first thing I would say is that, in order for this to be properly in front of us, there's probably a requirement to have a motion to resume debate. Nonetheless, you called on me to speak to the amendment that I introduced once we started talking about the motion at our last meeting.
The amendment I introduced was actually to add another category of documents.
It's ironic that over the weekend there was a news story on this very topic, which was the lack of unanimity and dissent within the jury that made the decision and how very pleased one of the jury members was to hear that the government had reversed the decision made by the jury. Clearly, there will be documents around this. They've already been publicly reported as a result of being obtained by the media under an access to information request. If we're going on this fishing expedition for documents, this is a pond in which some fish will be found.
Again, I'm not sure the motion is properly before us, but you asked me to speak to this, so here we are.
The amendment I propose is that the motion be amended by adding, after paragraph b)(vii), the following: “And that Veterans Affairs Canada produce any correspondence received from members of the jury responsible for evaluating the finalist designs for the National Monument to Canada's Mission in Afghanistan since June of 2023.”
The rationale for it is as I set forward. I leave it to you to deal with whether the motion is properly before us. If and when it is, that's an amendment I would like to propose.
Thank you.