I'm sorry to say this, but clearly, you were given a very rough ride when you assumed the chair and others were trying to tell you what to do.
We need to also note that we are all equal members of this committee. If one of us, whether on the opposition side or the government side, is asking that we remain focused in terms of our interventions, which makes complete sense, so we can move ahead with our work and not continue on for weeks and weeks and weeks on the same exact point of debate and conversation, getting nowhere.... They're just trying to nudge us along and help us to get to where we need to get.
Again, I'm just pleading with all members to be focused and on the issue to help us move along so we can make some decisions, because at this point, that's not what's happening—very far from it. Long speeches are being given along with long interventions, history lessons, personal bios, etc. I'm really interested in that stuff. I'm not going to say I'm not interested in learning about people and colleagues, but I'm just asking that we stay focused so we can make some decisions and get to the actual work here.