I would merely like to remind my NDP colleague Mr. Angus that at some of the meetings convened in accordance with the rules, the Chair, a Conservative, decided to get up and leave, and as a result, the committee was paralyzed. I think we need to avoid a recurrence of such a situation. This motion would mean that the Chair and all of his Conservative colleagues would not be able to get up and put an end to the meeting. For that reason, I intend to vote against Mr. Bruinooge's or Mr. Del Mastro's motion. I'd like to see our committee continue sitting even if all of the Conservative members decided to walk out at the same time and in the process, shut down the committee, as we have seen happen in the past. It's not very pleasant, Mr. Chair.
On February 2nd, 2009. See this statement in context.