Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I am quite surprised at my colleague's proposal, especially since I recall a meeting where she found it inappropriate—to use a neutral word, which she does not often do—to interrupt a session with witnesses. She knows how important this issue is to me, and she always knows that, according to the rules, I have very little time to ask questions. I don't believe she has given any of her time to me. I have eight and a half minutes of speaking time, while her party enjoys several more minutes.
She has just prevented me from using my two and half minutes, when we had agreed on a way to operate during this saga as to how we would organize our work going forward. We came up with a compromise, which was to hold a three-hour meeting so that we could provide instructions to the analysts and make a minimum of recommendations before the reform comes into force on July 1. Unless my colleague tells me today that the government is delaying the reform, her manoeuvring means that we may not get there, when I've already made that compromise. I was the one who proposed this study and I don't understand why she is doing this.
From the beginning, we heard testimony from PMPRB representatives about the reform, which took time at the meetings. I can barely figure out what is accurate or inaccurate in the various testimonies.
I'm very surprised at my Liberal colleagues' manoeuvring, which I interpret as a lack of respect for me and for the witnesses here today. I feel it's a shame, because I have never been disrespectful to anyone around the table. I'm very disappointed, and I'm going to remember this.