Mr. Chairman, the point I want to make is that there is a difference between reporting for the press, coming to a meeting and making a news clip, and having something televised. When we have something televised, we have a committee meeting and coverage of that meeting from start to finish. And this is not the case. This is no different from having somebody from a radio station or any of the other media people coming in, taking some notes, talking about the issue, and dealing with it. This is not being televised. There will be a news story on it, but right now, we're not being filmed, and this is not playing on the air. When we're back in Ottawa, when we have televised meetings, then it goes from gavel to gavel, and that's televised. This is totally different.
Getting back to the motion, Mr. Chair, this is a procedural issue that we're dealing with, not a substantive motion. And I can tell you, Mr. Chair, the two times I chaired the committee, in 2003 and 2005, when we went from coast to coast, we never tried to shut down the media. I know there have been manuals written for the chairs of committees on how to frustrate the work of committees, but, Mr. Chair, I really hope you don't go down that road.
I have another motion I want to raise after this.