Well, I have to say, obviously I agree with Madame Chabot and I agree with you, esteemed Mr. Chair. You're a wise man and you know what you're talking about.
The fact of the matter is that all the questions raised by Mr. Fragiskatos in his amendment are questions that would certainly be asked in the context of what the original motion called for. The original motion called for a study where you could ask questions about all the very specific things he was talking about. Let's not kid ourselves: Federal investment in affordable housing ended in the first Trudeau government. Actually, it started to decline in the first Trudeau government. It fully ended in the Chrétien government. There's no question that there hasn't been enough federal investment over the years, but I don't know why you would want to try to presuppose what the outcome of a study might be.
I think the issue is far too serious to be playing political games like that. In fact, part of me wonders if it might not have been better if we'd just tried to talk the whole time out and wasted the time that way instead. This is a ridiculous thing to do.