My colleague helps me out by saying that it makes no sense, but I'll go back to the common sense piece. It doesn't make any sense that we would in any way handcuff ourselves, that we would have a subcommittee here putting handcuffs on the rest of the committee, saying, “And don't do any other work. Don't look at anything else.”
I just don't get it. I just don't get that anybody sent here by the constituents in their own riding would think that would be the appropriate thing to do. I just don't get it at all. I know in their hearts they don't believe it themselves. I know that. They're good people. Outside of this committee and even in the past during this committee, Chair, through you, I know even Mr. Guimond's heart inside is saying that the committee should get to the work it's here for; that the committee should do the legislative work it's supposed to do; that the committee is not here for the mud-slinging piece; but that it's really about getting to legislation.
How we could possibly say on a subcommittee report that it should take priority over all the other work of the committee makes no sense. It just doesn't. We need to proceed. We need to move forward.