Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I want to reiterate that nobody, a couple of weeks ago, could have known that there would be the limitation on resources that there seems to be right now. I would not have presumed that we would still be at one meeting a week and I would not have presumed that the resources would not allow the committee to have more meetings. The resources of the House seem to be outside the control of the politicians and the members of the committee.
I agree that ideally we'd have four hours. There would first be two hours, consisting of one hour with the minister and one with the officials, and then there would be another two hours, consisting of one hour with the other minister and one hour with the other officials.
All my motion says is that in the event that we're unable to get that, we'd hear from each minister for one hour. It does not mean that at a future date we couldn't bring their officials in for an hour each also, but I'm just trying to say that with two hours of resources, I would rather hear from both ministers than from only one minister before we leave for break week. That's it.
I don't understand how this has become politicized or how accusations against Liberals are being made in the way they're being made. I find it quite unfortunate when we're supposed to be collegial at committee, and I think most of us are pretty collegial. I find the tone and the way it's being used to be quite offensive.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.