I think the point that Blair raised is important, because I have often wondered in the past if parliamentary secretaries did give committee reports to the department to get help or whatever. I'm serious. That occurred under a Liberal government, and that was on this committee, so I think that should be underlined: when you're here, you're here as a member of the committee, not as somebody for the department or the minister. That's important, because as soon as it gets out into the bureaucracy, it just spreads all over the place. I think it's an important point.
On February 20th, 2007. See this statement in context.