The clarification here is on the removal of the parliamentary secretary. We have two vice-chairs from the opposition party and a member of the other opposition party, so that means they're all opposition members. Nobody from the government sat on this committee, other than the chair. If you are going to replace the parliamentary secretary in this committee, I think it's only fair--and based on the comments of my colleague who just spoke--that we have somebody from the government side at this committee. I think the chair should stay neutral.
On November 13th, 2007. See this statement in context.