Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I will speak to Mr. Anderson's enthusiasm for hearing from witnesses. Apparently, not all witnesses are created equal. Apparently Mr. Trudeau and Mr. McGuinty have to be part of the motion, but the Minister of Finance doesn't have to be part of the motion.
Mr. Chair, if you stood back and asked yourself who, on an energy study, would be of more interest to Canadians and to committee members than the person who writes the tax law, who submits the budget, and who does all of the things from a fiscal standpoint that make this sector particularly prosperous and important to our nation.... Apparently the government members would prefer to hear from Mr. McGuinty and Mr. Trudeau, neither of whom has occupied such a position. It's more than passingly curious that the government members express great enthusiasm for developing a witness list that may or may not include the Minister of Natural Resources or may or may not include the Minister of Finance but absolutely insist the Mr. McGuinty and Mr. Trudeau form part of the motion.
To use Mr. Julian's language, it looks like a witch hunt; it smells like a witch hunt; it might even be a witch hunt.