Don't forget next year.
We're kidding here to break the moment, but I say again that the fact is that they can be cities in which the government thinks they're going to get the most support. We're not trying to jig the process the way the government jigged the bill. We're not. So if they have suggestions, we'd be open to them. I am very sincere.
I am kidding about the security and all of that, but given what was said about a gong show and a circus.... Really, what did the government expect to get back after saying things like that about Canadians? What did they think?
I'm quite prepared to say that some of the choices would be those of the government. There may be places that they want to go to because they believe they'll get good testimony and good witnesses and that they'll get supportive witnesses. That's fair enough; that's part of the process.
Why is it that we're willing, as the opposition, to accept that the government has the right to stake out some places we would go to in which they are likely to get support, but they are not willing to do the same thing in other parts of Canada where they don't have that same security? Although I have to wonder about any government that hides from its own people, because that's what's going on.