Forgive me, Mr. Chair, but that is nonsense. This is clearly an all-out attack on what I just said, which has no connection to what I said in your absence. I don't know who is being disrespectful to members of the committee, but it certainly isn't me.
Up to this point, I have always been open-minded enough to listen to what others have to say, to let them speak and to have their floor time. I don't like being scolded and criticized in that manner by my government colleagues. I think that's an important point.
Mr. Chair, when you scolded me regarding the 30-day extension, I wasn't making any reference whatsoever to the document or what I may have said previously. I don't even have the document here, for that matter. All I was doing was clearly explaining my decision not to support this motion.