Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That is also the reason I question looking at motion 1, because simply by withdrawing it does not end the process. From the process that we have gone through, where you make allegations against a senior person, especially a person who is in the position of having independent authority to do her job, by having themselves put under a microscope by someone making an allegation that totally undermines that office -- I for one feel that whenever people do this, they have to keep in mind that you have to know going in that what you do or what you say and how you do it will have an implication of the outcome, regardless of who it affects.

This has affected the Legislative Assembly, Members of this House, and also people who are holding positions in this government: our Languages Commissioner, the Conflict of Interest Commissioner, our Information Commissioner. We have people who put their names forth to do a position, a particular job, who will think twice if they have to put their name forth to any of these positions knowing that anytime you make a decision or you are coming forth with a decision, someone can challenge you on the basis of bias and that it ties your hands from doing your job.

That is why I have concerns regarding motion 1, knowing that simply by passing that motion, this is not the end or the conclusion of this process. If anything, the microscope has been turned up a couple more notches to really look a little deeper into exactly what has gone on here.

I for one feel that we should look a little deeper to see what has gone on here, because I believe it is our responsibility to ensure that when allegations are made, they are made knowing that they have implications. If there are ways for this committee to review that with the mandate that we give them, come forth with rules that everyone will have to follow, knowing that we cannot simply make allegations and withdraw them after the fact, knowing that they had an effect on an office, on an individual or on a government.

I believe that, from what has been stated to the information that has been provided to date, people's personal and private lives have been affected. I think that by doing this, we have to find a mechanism that makes it clear that the rules will apply when people decide to challenge, change or affect a decision or an outcome. That there is a process that once it starts, the outcome will be there. If you make an allegation, you better be sure that you carry it all the way through so we do not have anyone out there who will make an effect on any senior office, especially offices that we establish where we give people some independence to do their job. Without that independence, no one will want to take those jobs, or they will really think twice about what they are getting themselves into, where every time you do something, you are going to be challenged on it.

For me, I will be supporting motion 3, and hopefully, we get some conclusion of exactly what has happened here.