With respect, Tony, I think it's also an issue of courtesy to all of us. I'm not an obstructionist in respect to this, but we don't normally just throw people on a panel. I'd like to have notice, then we can maybe check out the kinds of questions we'd want to ask, have the background of the individual, remarks they made in public, etc., subsequent to their being in that role. I think it's a courtesy, not an issue of time; I think we could probably get through the time. But I don't understand why we didn't have this name put forward at a point earlier, if it was that critical. We were thinking about this for a while.
I respect that he has good intent, no doubt, but I just feel a little taken aback at being jumped by having a witness come to the committee table on short notice. I've never had this happen, actually, in 13 years of being a member of Parliament. It's a bit of an irregular procedure, to say the least.
I mean no offence to my friends across the way there, but I find it highly irregular. I like notice of these things in advance; we come prepared as a result.