So far, whenever the chair has used the gavel, it has been to get the attention of the committee and to explain the rules that exist. I needed to remind people of the rules that exist about in camera simply because a member referenced something that happened in camera. So I reminded people of that. That is my job.
If the room gets too loud and there is too much conversation, it's my job to make sure the committee functions with a certain amount of decorum. And this chair will continue to exercise that right.
I really want to say to my honourable colleague sitting at mike 14 that I would be very careful with your choice of words, if you are now beginning to say that the chair is making up the rules. That is not the case. The parliamentary secretary, in this case, would agree with me that the chair is following the rules that exist, and did explain that, as is required of the chair.
There is no way that anybody who sits in this chair can allow anarchy to take place, and I do not plan to allow it.