Mr. Chairman, here is what I was trying to say to you. Mr. McGirr gave us clear answers earlier this week. I am focussing on one of his specific explanations where he said that it is too cumbersome for them to examine each Crown corporation that is also engaged in the generation of hydroelectricity. Let us remember that he said that hydroelectric generation is treated just like any other form of energy production and that it could not be taken into account for the purpose of determining the revenue of a province.
But in our view, Hydro-Québec, because of this separation of functions, should be considered a special case, especially since Mr. McGirr told us that it could be done if separate corporate entities were set up. Last time, we were left dangling with the following question: why does he not accept as valid the figures provided by Hydro-Québec? He answered that it was because they are coming from Quebec. I find this explanation somewhat lacking and I want to return today to this matter.
Since we discussed this for several hours earlier this week, I will not tolerate being told today that what was relevant two days ago is no longer relevant today.