Well, if it's going to be recognized, I sure will.
Mr. Chair, again Mr. Zimmer is not talking about anything relevant to the topic at hand. It was Conservative members, along with the NDP and the Bloc, who sent us back here to talk about indigenous economic development and barriers to it. He has not used the word “indigenous” in the last four minutes in anything related to the question he posed to the Minister.
Chair, it is your prerogative to remove the floor from a member who is not staying relevant to a study. My colleague may be mistaken, but that is in fact the case.
I ask this now for the fifth time, Mr. Chair. If he wants Minister Blair in that seat to answer questions about military procurement, he can go to the defence committee and do so. It's insulting that we have been asked to talk about indigenous issues, and he hasn't used the word “indigenous” to ask a question.
Thank you very much.