I appreciate the fact that the minister has a busy schedule, and I appreciate the fact that her officials also have a very busy schedule. One of the things, however, that I find very distasteful is that they're coming in here, and they know fairly well what we're going to ask them--I sent a fax to the minister regarding advertising, and the minister was pre-warned as to what was going to happen--and the minister and her officials...I won't say “the minister” because the minister is only listening to her officials, but her officials turn around and say, point blank, to this committee, on television, watched throughout the world or throughout Canada, that they're advertising. That flies in the face of this committee and certainly its importance.
On March 22nd, 2007. See this statement in context.