--and it's not really up to you to contact government officials and arrange dates for them to appear before this committee. I get a little bit tired of the role you've taken on in this committee. I don't know if you're a parliamentary secretary or if you just think you're the spokesperson for the Government of Canada, but we'll decide what we study and we'll decide what witnesses we call. It's not up to you to go and do it for us and check their availability. We have staff here on the committee, such as the clerk, etc., who will do that for us.
On May 7th, 2009. See this statement in context.