I'll concede that, Mr. Eyking.
Mr. Atamanenko, I did not mean to offend you. I just was stating a fact. He was not there.
I guess as we move forward as a committee...is this the way we want to move forward? Is this really the thing we should be doing? We've already heard Mr. Lemieux talk about the order of precedence, the process we used to follow when we actually were dealing with motions.
I'm actually sitting here wondering.... My motion is sitting there now. What is the use of my bringing forward a motion? As a member of the government, what's the use? If you're not going to let me bring it forward, if you're not going to hear it, if you're not going to let me vote on it, if you're not going to let me speak on it, and if you're just going to ram through what you want to bring through on your own, then why should I bother? Where's the fairness in that? It turns this into a kangaroo court, and that's unfortunate because we didn't need to do that.