Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I agree with all those who have spoken, except Mr. Miller. I particularly take issue with Mr. Miller's naive comment that we shouldn't be playing politics with this. Frankly, that wasn't our intention. It was the Prime Minister who decided to play politics with this in his lengthy press announcement neglecting or failing to make any mention whatsoever of the workings of the committee.
There's a clear thread throughout the Prime Minister's comments, Mr. Chair, that it's a done deal. I'm quoting: “We have made a plan to update the labels according to our new guidelines”, he repeats “our new guidelines, under our plan, under our new rules”. Mr. Chair, it's a done deal. I presume when the Prime Minister uses the collective “we” or “our” he's referring to himself, Minister Ritz, and Minister Clement, because there's nary a mention of you, Mr. Chair, let alone the workings of the all-party committee. If in fact it's already a done deal—and it surely seems to be a done deal, as this is a government plan that is being advanced, and nothing to do with the committee—then I don't know why we would bother to spend one or two meetings dealing with a report that has now been rendered superfluous, whose recommendations have been undermined by the Prime Minister's announcement.