Thank you, Chair.
First, I don't have a problem with the amendment proposed by Mr. Arnold. What I do have a problem with is the continued hypocrisy coming from the Conservative official opposition, who choose to editorialize the Speaker's ruling selectively to suit their particular agenda, which is to delay the House at a time when we hear consistently from them, on this particular ministry, the urgency and the importance of funding for enhanced protection as well as for the Canadian Coast Guard. They hide behind the selective editing of a Speaker's ruling that does not really say what the official opposition likes to interpret it as saying, but that has not been lost on the Canadian public.
I must say, if you look at the record, ministers of fisheries in this government have appeared before this committee in greater frequency than they did in the nine years of the previous Conservative government. That's for the record, if you want to choose that.
Mr. Chair, I'm okay with the amendment of Mr. Arnold.