With all due respect, Madam Chair, this side asked that the witnesses be brought forward early so that we could get on with the witnesses presenting their material so we could follow this. This is just another attempt to allow them to sit here and waste taxpayers' money. This has been obvious all through this exercise, and not just with this motion but with previous motions. It's trying to use this committee for purposes that it wasn't established for. This committee was primarily set up to review estimates and to look at government operations.
As I said earlier, this has nothing to do with the priorities of this committee. Our officials have been here. Our ministers have been here on many occasions to answer the questions of this committee. This is just another attempt to get us off our duties.