The best defence is a good offence, Mr. Chair, as has been proven by this government time and time again. I find it quite troubling that the minister would have the time to issue a press release commenting on the workings of this committee halfway through our session but would not take the time to comply with the order of the committee to release the report. He should have taken his time last night to provide us with the report and complied with the committee's motion—which passed—rather than issuing a press release halfway through the game.
On August 19th, 2008. See this statement in context.