Again, the only point I would make on this--and I appreciate it wouldn't be a consideration for everybody but it is a consideration for me--is I have three children. I don't have a lot of time with my three children and that is the March break for my children and I was hoping to do something with them. Again, that may not be a problem for everybody at the committee, but that is a problem for me. I was planning on doing something with them over that break. So I'd ask that people consider that when they're doing this. I appreciate that some people may be in Ottawa or not have young families, but those of us who try to manage the priorities of this job with personal expectations have to have a life in this process as well.
On January 29th, 2007. See this statement in context.