I understand, Mr. Chair. I will continue to speak to the motion before us then.
I am very happy that we have had this opportunity to discuss the economic issues in Alberta, the opportunity to discuss the pros and cons of certain initiatives. As my colleague from outside Toronto just said, this is important. We cannot say this is a non-partisan exercise. It is unfortunate, but that is where we are at.
It seems that the members of the official opposition do not have enough confidence in their own report since they did not even have the courtesy to send it to the members of the Standing Committee on Finance. Unfortunately, since they do not have faith in their own initiative, I feel obliged to vote against the motion.
Mr. Chair, I hope we can proceed with the vote now.