On a point of order, Chair, with regard to decorum and your characterization of Ms. Kwan's behaviour—and this is with regard to decorum in terms of your comment—I believe that in this parliament we have seen public servants, most notably the former head of the public service, give very partisan displays in this place. I'm not saying that's what's happening with these officials, but I do share Ms. Kwan's frustration that we have departmental officials come to committee ill-prepared to answer basic questions about the implementation of a program that has budgetary implications. I think it's a waste of time.
Now, perhaps where I can share some sympathy with them is with their having a government foisting a program upon them without these details and forcing them to come to committee. But one would expect that if government officials who exist to serve government at the pleasure of government come to a parliamentary committee so that parliamentarians can do their jobs and ask these questions...that my colleague's frustration is quite well founded.
So I would characterize your admonishment of her behaviour as unparliamentary, and I would ask you to rescind it out of respect for parliament and our obligation to question officials in these matters.