Madam Chair, I agree with those comments, and I understand the good intentions of my colleague.
At the beginning of the meeting, you explained two ways we can prepare meetings. One is the steering committee, and the other one is the committee of the whole. All of a sudden we invented a third way, on the spot. We can't operate like that; we either have a system or we don't.
It's completely normal to have the first meeting an orientation meeting. A week ago I didn't even know I was on this committee. It doesn't demean the contribution you will make because you're a new MP; it's my first time on this type of committee, so we're all on the same level.
It's the month of May and there's lot of work to do, but it's the month of May; that's not our fault. And we'll be breaking for the summer. We're going to be working hard and we'll do the best we can, but I don't think we should change the agenda to question an individual, because the calendar will dictate the work that we do. We have to know what we're doing before we start doing it.