Eloquent—yes, it was.
Sorry, through you, Chair, to Mr. Lukiwski, it was very good this morning.
We could have gone right to work, and the motion said that. We would then go on to talking about setting a budget and getting ready to discuss C-6. No, instead we're the loudest bullies, so we're going to change that, Chair, and we're going to make it so that before we deal with legislation we're going to get to sling some more mud in this room.
I hope the cleaners have an easy time cleaning up each night after the mud that's thrown.
I've talked a lot about where we were on this committee and what the folks back home might be thinking about it. But I guess the other part is that it's a good thing this is a fairly boring piece of television viewing, or at least listening or reading, because we're not saying much about the parenting skills and conflict resolution skills that this group has either. We've gone on for a number of times now talking about where we are at on this, Chair, and not able to get to a resolution.
I thought what we were offering this morning was indeed that. I thought that after having been a bit inundated with motions from the other side on Standing Order 106(4), demanding that the committee come to heel on certain issues, our attempt to talk about bringing this committee back together and talk about Bill C-6 as a piece of legislation was an appropriate mediation piece that we could at least get done. I think we'd find ourselves in a pretty unique place, Chair, because although the House has been pretty full of other legislation coming forward, this committee doesn't have a great deal to come forward other than Bill C-6. If we actually finish Bill C-6—surprise, surprise—the opposition sitting in the room may actually have a chance to deal with other things, and maybe even some of their motions, should they wish to. But they've chosen not to take that route and deal with Bill C-6 in that fashion.
We have some other issues. I talked about the hypocrisy of the ethics committee's chair and where he's gone, but there are some other things out there. We have some other issues. If we opened all the books from all the parties, we might also get another clearer look at where the leadership loan situation is on the other side of the—-