The committee resumed consideration of the motion of Michael Cooper moved on Tuesday, May 28, 2024 which read as follows:

That, further to the Globe and Mail report of Thursday, May 23, 2024, which revealed that the Liberal Cabinet is withholding an undisclosed number of documents requested by the Commissioner of the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions, and that nearly 10% of documents provided to the Commissioner by the Cabinet contain redactions, and in relation to its study of foreign election interference, the committee:

(a) pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(c)(vi), report to the House that, in its opinion, the Cabinet should provide to the Commissioner of the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions all documents requested by the Commissioner, without redaction;

(b) invite the following witnesses to appear:

i. the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs, for two hours;

ii. the appropriate representative(s) from the Privy Council Office, for one hour;

iii. the appropriate representative(s) from the Foreign Interference Commission, for one hour;

iv. Dan Stanton, former manager at the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service, for one hour; and

(c) after considering this witness testimony, report its findings on this matter to the House.

and of the amendment of Sherry Romanado moved on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, which read as follows:

That the motion be amended by replacing all the words after the words "the committee" with the following:

"(a) invite the following witnesses to appear:

i. the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs with Nathalie Drouin Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister, for one hour;

ii. the appropriate representative(s) from the Privy Council Office, for one hour;

(b) after considering this witness testimony, report its findings on this matter to the House and pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee request a government response."

The question was put on the motion, as amended, and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:

YEAS: Luc Berthold, Blaine Calkins, Michael Cooper, Eric Duncan, Marie-Hélène Gaudreau, Lindsay Mathyssen — 6;

NAYS: Terry Duguid, Mona Fortier, Wayne Long, Sherry Romanado, Francesco Sorbara — 5.

The motion, as amended, read as follows:

That, further to the Globe and Mail report of Thursday, May 23, 2024, which revealed that the Liberal Cabinet is withholding an undisclosed number of documents requested by the Commissioner of the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions, and that nearly 10% of documents provided to the Commissioner by the Cabinet contain redactions, and in relation to its study of foreign election interference, the committee:

(a) invite the following witnesses to appear:

i. the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs with Nathalie Drouin Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister, for one hour;

ii. the appropriate representative(s) from the Privy Council Office, for one hour;

iii. the appropriate representative(s) from the Foreign Interference Commission, for one hour;