I have a point of order, Chair.
It is true that these materials, which are being redistributed today, arrived at my office just before 5 p.m. yesterday.
I haven't seen these materials before today, and they were not tabled forthrightly in the lobby of the official opposition after the minister's statement. Had they been, I would have received a copy immediately. My whip would have automatically given me a copy on the spot.
Chair, whether Mr. Warawa is going to argue that these materials were received an hour ago or 12 hours ago, I hope he's not trying to justify 12 hours of distribution as being reasonable for the creation of a major marine protected area for Canada. I'm sure he's not expecting his own caucus colleagues on this committee to have read the agreements that backstop it, the agreement that was signed in January of 2010 by Mr. Latourelle and others. I'm sure he's not trying to apply that, sir. As a matter of a point of order, I just want to clarify the record.