Mr. Chair, we are very concerned about that. It's not because the minister is doing his job that we cannot do our own job. I think it's part of our committee responsibilities, as members of Parliament, to listen to witnesses. Unfortunately, what we saw last week is proof without a shadow of a doubt that the government sometimes makes decisions without asking the right questions of the right people. None of the witnesses had been consulted by the Minister of Finance even though they are all directly linked to the mortgage business. They were, first and foremost, the ones who had to deal with that, and the minister failed to recognize and consult them.
If the minister wants to do some analysis on his own, maybe that's his job. I don't disagree with that. I am not the one who will tell the minister not to consult with anyone. I think that as members of Parliament, as members of this committee, it's up to us to welcome witnesses and to be sure that all Canadian voices are heard correctly here at this committee. Especially when we're talking about a review of so many tax credits, we have seen—not to get too political about this—that it took two months for the government to recognize that it would not be a good idea to have tax on health care protection and dental protection.
I wish the government would open the door to have consultation here in this committee.