My point is that the discussion is a protest on procedure. This is what the Conservative Party is arguing: the order of the witnesses called, before we've had an opportunity to examine the article in question, as well as officials from the government who would be responsible to it. This is highly irregular.
When I came here this morning, I was not prepared for this. I would have liked to look into the background. Who are the witnesses? Who do they work for? Are there other articles that they've written? I would have liked to re-read the articles in question. I haven't had that opportunity. To sit here and to suddenly, again....
You asked me, Mr. Chair, what relevance this has in regard to my point. The point is that the rug was suddenly pulled from under us on the last item that we were talking about, and now we suddenly have this new development. It's out of order.
I don't feel we've been given proper time, and I also would argue that the way in which we're proceeding is, first of all, not fair. It's not even fair to the witnesses. It's certainly not fair to the committee members, and I feel this is something that needs to be addressed.
Those of us on this side of the House should be able to have the same opportunity as the other side. Just because they have a majority of votes, they seem to think they can force this thing through. The whole thing is creating bad will. It's certainly not going in the right direction that everybody hopes it would in terms of our coming up with a fair and honest report. I just feel this is going in the wrong direction.
I agree with the amendments to the motion. This has to be studied in more depth.