That was the full quote. When Minister Fortier was before this committee both times specifically on this subject, this committee ran out of time for questions to him on this subject.
Also, what we're discussing here...this is all coming from the RBC and BMO study that is not going to be released publicly because it's not in the best interests of taxpayers. That has been repeated time and time again.
Passing this motion as an attempt to get the government to stop doing what is clearly in the best interests of taxpayers and what the Liberals were prepared to do multiple times over—24 times over, if my math isn't failing, in terms of the size of sale-leaseback that the Liberals were prepared to do—is absolutely in the best interests of taxpayers. It is a lay-up. It is obvious, and this motion encourages the government to violate the confidentiality agreement that we've signed with two banks. It encourages this government to abandon a process of saving hundreds of millions of taxpayers' dollars and would jeopardize our bargaining position to get the best value for taxpayers' dollars. So the idea that any member of this committee would in full sobriety actually vote for this motion is astonishing to me.