Thank you, Mr. Chair.
In light of what we have just heard, allow me to propose an amendment.
First of all, Mr. Chair, I acknowledge that you have requested a meeting next Tuesday, with the goal of establishing the agenda and studying the 20 or so motions that committee members have introduced. This will allow us to come up with a solid program for the committee's work, which, I have to say, has perhaps been missing in our preparations to this point.
With that said, I would like to make an amendment to the motion introduced by the Conservatives, which is the subject of our discussion today.
Instead of six meetings, I propose that we have two and that they take place next week. That will give a total of three meetings, if we consider the one to discuss the organization and that will perhaps happen at the subcommittee. That is your decision, Mr. Chair.
I propose that we have two meetings next week to study the Neo Lithium deal and that we invite Minister Champagne for one of them. The minister can be accompanied by his officials, including the deputy minister, for example. While I am not part of the government, of course, I believe that it is the minister who will have to answer our questions.
At the second meeting, it might be helpful to have the Minister of Public Safety with us. Actually, I would like to ask Ed Fast, who has proposed the motion, why he would like to invite the Minister of Public Safety. I have heard no explanation about that and I would like to hear one. In addition, other witnesses must be invited for this study, like Professor Wesley Wark, as a specific example.
So I propose that we have two meetings next week about the sale of Neo Lithium.