Oh, absolutely.
You didn't accept my point of order, Mr. Chair, so I just wanted to lay that on the record.
I will say this, though. I agree with Mr. Bélanger. He's entirely consistent with the position he took at our last meeting, when Mr. Sirman was here to be examined as the new director appointee for the Canada Council for the Arts.
Mr. Bélanger in fact asked Mr. Sirman that very question: are you prepared to defend the autonomy of your crown corporation? In fact, he want so far as to ask, are you prepared to resign if there's interference? Of course, we didn't get an answer, quite appropriately.
In this case, Mr. Bélanger is consistent. I agree with him, crown corporations are supposed to have a great degree of independence from the government. There are two functions that the government performs. One is the appointments to the board; the second is to approve budgets. Beyond that, there should be a significant degree of autonomy. For us now to interfere in what are day-to-day management issues is inappropriate. I certainly intend to vote against the motion.