Mr. Watson has raised a point of order. I do have to address that.
My ruling this morning was based on Dr. Hutchings' opening statement. He was talking about the process of the nomination of certain members of COSEWIC. That's where I ruled. It was grounded on what we do here as a committee according to Marleau and Montpetit. I was overruled by the majority of the committee.
He can definitely talk about the nomination process, but I am just cautioning individuals that, with respect to Dr. Green, he is not here to defend himself. In our role as parliamentarians, we should not bring forward any comments that might be disparaging.