That's not a point of order; that's debate.
Could we have the microphone of the member shut off, please?
With all due respect to the witnesses, the issue turns out that we appreciate your being prepared for this committee. However, to help the committee do its work, we ask for testimony on specific subjects. Those subjects change from time to time as legislation comes before us, is passed, is modified, and so on. At that time we will invite you back again to help us make decisions on those.
We're not here today to solve the problems of the past. That bill was passed. We're here to talk about this verification of rural addresses.
I appreciate the witnesses' opening statements. We do have some time for questions. We'll open it for questions, but I will warn members that we're trying to get Bill C-18 through. We'll have all kinds of time for all these other issues. Let's not use every opportunity to run an agenda. Let's stick with Bill C-18. We'll be back on that agenda.
The first round of questions is seven minutes long. Are there any members who wish to speak to it?
Mr. Angus, seven minutes, please.