You handed me this list half an hour ago and told me that this was the decision of the committee. I took it that this must have been prepared by the clerk, on your direction, to advise me of the agreed-upon list of witnesses.
I now find that the Liberal member, who has just taken the floor, starts to read directly from this list that I had presumed--I believed you, at face value--the clerk had prepared and was going to be our marching orders.
Now it seems that this was actually Siobhan's wish list, given to you, and you've dutifully given it to me.
You're supposed to be a neutral and independent chair, not the maidservant, the handmaiden, of the Liberal Party. This really bugs me. You weren't here, but we went through planning meeting after planning meeting where we were told, “Oh, May 10 and May 12 are not available. No, no, we have to have the main estimates.” They even looked up the motion from a month ago where we agreed on those dates, so our protestations were put aside. And now you arrive back from your international travels, take your marching orders from the Liberals, and tell me that's what we're doing and it's going to be ratified here at this meeting.