You leave me no choice, Mr. Chairman. You are setting the tone of this debate, and from what I can see, you are also deciding which questions are relevant. We have here in our midst a deputy minister, Mr. Chairman. We do not ask a deputy minister just any old question. We have called him here to give testimony and to ask him questions about his job as deputy minister. If the deputy minister advises the minister, then I think it is legitimate to ask what kind of discussions he had with the minister over the report. He is here, so we need to put the question to him. Nothing happens at the lower echelons because no one knows anything. The decision was made higher up, in that...
On June 19th, 2007. See this statement in context.