Mr. Chair, I'd like to elaborate on my point of order.
He has referred to an item in the speech that doesn't address the issue of privatizing the CBC.
Mr. Scott, what you're asking him to do is to comment or speculate on what he might do in the future. If you look at Standing Orders 110 and 111, they specifically say that the job of this committee is to examine the qualifications and competence of the appointee or nominee.
Mr. Chair, I ask you to apply the rules we have, the Standing Orders of the House of Commons. This is a limited review of an appointee.