On a point of order, Mr. Chair, I've tried to delay this as long as I can out of respect for Mr. Bellavance this time, but I have two points, Mr. Chair.
First of all, the Canadian Grain Commission needs to have a position on this. When we bring them before the committee, it will be before the law is enacted. It happens all the time, in the transport committee and everywhere else. We ask the experts their opinion on it before the law is enacted. It's critical for farmers to know that.
The second point is that it was the Conservative government that actually wanted to implement an appointments commission, and it was the opposition that stopped it. The opposition trashed Gwyn Morgan, a respected individual, businessman of the year in Calgary--