I thank you for your indulgence in your suggestion to the committee that the minister, who has sat here patiently for over an hour and appeared here on his own volition, ought to be extended the courtesy of making a statement. I would like to have it on the record that the opposition members, led by Mr. Desnoyers, are refusing the minister the right to make a few opening comments and want to exclude him from any discussion on this matter, the very matter that brought this committee here today.
On June 3rd, 2010. See this statement in context.