Mr. Chair, we just had coast-to-coast consultations on Canada's 150th birthday. In fact, we have a big, fat report on exactly the things Canadians are interested in and concerned about. This was not part of that.
The results of those consultations, one would assume, are going to be distilled by the minister and presented in Parliament in some way, shape, or form as we carry on our endeavours toward Canada 150. This was never part of it. This has come out of the blue.
As a matter of fact, as we've been working diligently here in committee, there has been other work going on that we've not been party to around a very significant piece of Canadian heritage and its direction going forward.
I think it didn't do this committee any service to have this plonked on Canadians, and on us, without any advance notice or any consultations. You want to do consultations after the fact on something you've already decided on, and that seems to be not the way the process should work.