I was listening to Mr. Chan talking about this idea that somehow the government is really focused on trying to be open and having full debate and these things. I find it so ironic, because following this portion of the meeting, we're about to have a very rushed process pushed on this committee to appoint a Clerk in the dying days of a parliamentary session. No consultation took place with opposition parties prior to this decision being made.
Then, of course, my colleague Mr. Reid gave the minister a number of opportunities to answer a question on whether she would proceed with a motion in the House without having first heard back from this committee on its thoughts on this. He got no answer and no commitment there at all. That sure doesn't sound to me like a government that's open and trying to have full debate and discussion on an issue. It's actually the complete opposite.
Having said that, I recognize that the minister was given a number of opportunities to answer that and chose not to, so I'll maybe move to something else that I think I would like to approach the minister on and get her thoughts and comments.
This past Christmas, the Prime Minister took what I will quite charitably describe as a questionable vacation, flown by a private aircraft to an island in the Bahamas owned by—