Certainly I will challenge the chair on that, in the sense that you were, sir, in the midst of counting the votes on the main motion at the time. I think it was very clear around the table that there was a consensus.
I'm fully respectful of the fact that Mr. Thériault missed the translation. I think that's very important. I think we all need to be respectful of that. I think Dr. Kitchen's point is also very important: We also need to be respectful of the rules of how this committee should operate. Therefore, I would respectfully suggest that the chair consider another course of action and perhaps ask for unanimous consent to reverse direction, simply because of the fact that I do believe that it's an exceedingly important point that Mr. Thériault is bringing forward.
Again, I can't comment on the translation. I wasn't listening in French. However, I would suggest that because we're at the point of counting votes on the actual main motion, the chair reconsider his ruling and move back to a different position.
Thank you, sir.