To this point, yes.
I appreciate the sentiment, but if there's no restriction, if there's no standing order that restricts what members can ask of a minister, whether this is a regular meeting or a special meeting—meaning it's being held at a different time—I'm quite frankly shocked that the opposition members want to give control to the chair to determine whether people are on topic or not.
I've been to lots of committee meetings, and the questioning often veers from what is laid out in the agenda. I think it's appropriate. I appreciate the sentiment and my colleague from the Bloc asking that we do that, but that's different from restricting members in terms of what they can ask. The minister should be given an opportunity to answer the question that was put to her.