On a point of order, Mr. Chair, I find the charge spurious. There was nothing partisan about it. I didn't hear any reference to the Conservative Party or the government or anything else. It was a member asking a particular question.
Second, as somebody who has been on this committee since 2007, I would say it has been a regular practice of the chair to ask questions, not just this chair but previous chairs. Committees are the masters of their own destiny. They can take it in different ways if they choose to. Maybe that's not been your experience with the justice or finance committees, but I can tell you as the ranking member on the committee here, it's been that way since 2007. Chairman Tweed did that quite frequently. You can check the record if you don't take my word on it.