Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I meant no disrespect. You saw me a few minutes earlier eating popcorn as I watched the brilliant filibuster. I will compliment Mr. Fraser, Mr. Fragiskatos and Ms. Dzerowicz for their filibuster.
As you know, Mr. Chair, I hold the record for filibusters in the House of Commons, on the Harper softwood lumber sellout, at 16 hours by myself. I always love a good filibuster. However, a filibuster has to reinforce your point. If I'd spent 16 hours before the natural resources committee arguing for the softwood lumber sellout that Mr. Harper imposed on us, I wouldn't have had much credibility.
Here's the problem. We have had—