Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I'll continue as I was, through the chair, indicating as a comment that the ministers are not here to respond to any allegations made about them, or to correct the record, as we would say. We have officials who are here to gladly answer questions about the BIA. This side has chosen to try to provide as much time as possible to opposition parties, who continue to say repeatedly that they don't have enough time to study this bill. So I would recommend, Mr. Chair, that perhaps we could focus in on the BIA-1 questions, and leave the political rhetoric to the politicians, as, frankly, the ministers aren't here to defend themselves or to correct the record.
Those would be my comments.
I do want to also thank one of our officials for clearly stating that what was alleged by Ms. Nash was not in fact correct. I believe he will continue to do that if these kinds of suggestions continue. So I would hope that we don't use our time in a way that is not producing the results we are looking for, which is to understand the bill so that we are educated enough to vote on the bill at the end of the day.
Having said that, I'm going to pass my time once again to opposition members to make sure they have every opportunity to learn about the bill, so that they are educated enough to vote on it. I would hope this continues on a better vein.