Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I'll just point out, to begin with, that Mr. Alghabra and Mr. Volpe seem to be contradicting each other. Mr. Volpe seems to suggest that Mr. Morgan is unsuitable for the position because the position itself has not been sufficiently defined; and Mr. Alghabra, on the other hand, seems to believe he's unsuitable because of a few lines in one speech he's given in a 40-year career and a 60-year life, much of it in the public eye.
Believe me, Madam Chair, I understand, as somebody who has been in opposition here for nine years, the duty of the opposition, the responsibility of the opposition to oppose, to be critical, to ask tough questions, and not to give the government or anybody proposed by the government an easy ride. I understand that. I understand the context, and I respect the obligation of opposition members to do that. I do, however, think it has to be done in a way that doesn't do permanent damage to our public institutions.
I'll admit that as a member of the opposition in the past, mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa, I've been too aggressive on occasion, but I hope I never would have taken somebody with the status of the leading business person in Canada--