Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I've aged a little bit, and maybe grown a bit of a beard, since we started this meeting.
You know, as common-sense Conservatives, we're always wanting to get at the truth. We're always prepared to have people come to committee, whether they be advisers within our own party or people who, like Mark Carney, are advising the Liberal government. At the end of the day, we have to remember that this is somebody who not only is advising the Prime Minister but wants to be the Prime Minister. It's a bit disingenuous for the Liberals to compare apples to oranges and say, well, we want this person, we want this person and they should all come here. That's not Conservative logic. Conservatives have no problem with bringing people who have something to say and something to offer to the debate.
At the end of the day, it's my view that people like Mr. Carney should be here. He wants to become Prime Minister someday. That's his prerogative. He wants to advise the Liberal government, to be the de facto finance minister. That's his prerogative, but at the end of the day, it's my view that he is in multiple conflicts of interest, not even apparent conflicts of interest. He's in multiple conflicts of interest. Let's bring him here to the committee. We have nothing to hide as Conservatives.