I was going to ask the same thing, Mr. Chair. I formally announced that I was putting forward a subamendment, although I had not written out. It has now been written out.
I was going to ask that Mr. Long's amendment be sent to us in writing, but we made do without it. The amendment ended up going to a vote and, when I raised my hand, you told me that voting was in progress and that we needed to finish it. I should have objected to that.
My question is about procedure. Procedure should be at our service, but sometimes we need help. Perhaps I did not react quickly enough.
By adopting Mr. Long's amendment we have just precluded the ministers' appearance on this urgent issue. I simply cannot believe it.
Now, we are done with voting. I repeat that I'd like to introduce a subamendment so that we can also call Minister Gould, in addition to officials, on January 31. I would like my subamendment to be considered.