I would urge you to use your own judgment on this as chair of the committee. We hear the government members deciding to abuse the rights of members of this committee by having it meet during question period. There's an expectation that members of every caucus attend question period. Anybody who has been following it from outside, people who are watching on TV, know that caucus members are expected to attend. The whips expect caucus members to attend question period.
If the government whip has told the members opposite that they don't have to be at question period today, that's fine; they're exercising their individual rights. But I think you as chair—