Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As the Conflict Committee mandate was to look into the allegations of bias, the allegations of bias are still there. Although she withdrew her application, in her application she did not withdraw the allegations. The allegations are still there. So our mandate is still there.

We have a responsibility to the public, although we are looking at a higher cost. We have to explain to them if we stop this halfway through and tell them, "Well, we withdrew, so that is it." How can we justify to the people who we represent, who we have to be accountable and transparent to?

I have to support the Motion because I think we have a responsibility to the people to make sure the committee finishes the job it started and that is to look into the allegations of bias. They have a mandate to that.

I would just like to say that just by withdrawing the application, that does not mean we should just drop it. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.