Okay.
There are a few things I'd like to point out. First, the previous member mentioned something about this being an obvious example of the lack of transparency on the part of this government. Again, I want to reiterate that our officials have been here when requested. Our ministers have been here. Many times they've been here and there have been no more questions. So it's obvious there's been a great degree of transparency.
I don't belive this has anything to do with transparency or anything to do with priorities. In fact, I think this is another example of the fact that it is hard to set priorities. We see that over and over with this opposition.
To balance the record in terms of political support for this among media, let me quote from the Ottawa Citizen:
...Holland thinks he's latched onto some big scandal. He's invited city officials and a representative of the company suing the city over cancelling the contract to come to a Commons committee and agree with him. It's difficult to imagine that this matter is worth the committee's attention, but it will provide the kind of cheap political theatre that opposition parties always thrive on.
The problem is, Holland doesn't know much about Ottawa, or light rail.
I think we have here, Madam Chairperson, an attempt to have information for a ten percenter, a Toronto MP proclaiming to be an expert on Ottawa municipal matters. I think it's time we moved on to some important committee business.