Thank you, MP Viersen.
It says that they “may” participate, but they need consent from members. It's not unanimous consent; it's just that members must consent to someone being at the table.
Many members have participated at this committee who were not standing members of it or who had not been substituted but came to the table. The members around the room, including the chair, see and recognize members and have them at the table. What the rules do not allow for is someone barging through the door, sitting at the table, turning on their mic and saying whatever they want to say. They do not allow for that. That is my interpretation. As you know, we would not have decorum.
I'll tell you what happened here, MP Viersen, and I want to go back to MP Lawrence. Because of all the crosstalk and back-and-forth with MP Genuis, I may have missed something MP Lawrence said, but that's what happened. Again, we cannot have these types of chaotic antics from members. It would be disruptive, and it would not allow committees to do their work. I don't think any member from any party would want that at this committee.
We have a lot of work to do here, important work. We have a budget implementation act, and we're hearing debate. That is what we are working on, MP Viersen.