It is not the same speech that you claim you've heard, Mr. Julian. If you want to prevent me from speaking about the importance of public servants and saying, in effect, that the Liberals are the ones defending the public servants here, then I'll do that, but I know you respect public servants. I'm simply making the case that we ought to hear from them.
I ask you to consider that subamendment and side with Liberals here at committee today and tonight.
Mr. Chair, I want to continue. This is on a point that I raised earlier. I asked you, and the clerk as well, to provide the committee with thoughts on what happens when Standing Order 83.1 is not respected by the committee. Is there a precedent that could guide committee members? Do we know what would happen, what would result?
I know there are other members here tonight who don't regularly sit on the committee. This is for their benefit, to make sure they know what Standing Order 83.1 is all about. It calls on the finance committee to carry out pre-budget consultations by a particular date.