Thank you, Chair.
I'm a little surprised to hear that all of a sudden everybody is willing to give up their motions. I'm not willing to give up my order. When I brought forward my motion I respected the committee's order of precedence. I did not push it. I did not ask to jump the queue, as Mr. Easter is asking now.
When you look at the details of my motion on the Canadian Wheat Board and the purchase of lakers, that is a “time of essence” motion. They've actually spent $65 million of farmers' money without consulting the farmers. It may or may not be a good deal, we really don't know, but that's why it's important to have all parties come forward here. If we're going to do something, we should be discussing that motion first before we move on to other business.
So it would be totally improper to do what Mr. Easter is proposing to do. As Mr. Lemieux said, we've had an order of precedence. They have made motions that they've done on purpose, I think, to just try to bog down the committee. He has a motion on the hog industry. All of a sudden the hog industry to Mr. Easter is not an important topic, I guess. The livestock sector all of a sudden to Mr. Easter is not an important topic.