That stems from some activity before Christmas. It kind of goes to Mr. Bachand's point about a boycott and it's to clarify the record. I don't need a response unless one is forthcoming, but it was suggested--I think it was on December 21 at the ad hoc meeting of that side of the committee--that no offer had been made by this side for an alternative way to proceed over the Christmas break. I was essentially called a liar on national television.
The offer, in fact, was made. It was made to the vice-chair. It was made behind the curtains on their side of the House three or four days prior to that. The offer was for a teleconference whereby we could discuss future business, because we were all going back to the ridings to do things that had been planned for months and months and months. This was not an issue of national urgency or a national emergency.
An offer was made. The point was suggested that the offer had not been made and that somehow I was lying about that. I just want to correct the record. The offer was made and the person to whom the offer was made knows it. I'll just leave it at that.