We have a principle here that stipulates that the committee is master of its own agenda. This is an important principle and it is the reason why the steering committee sets out the agenda, the issues to be dealt with, etc. We disagree with this provision because it would allow the government to interfere with the committee's work on these bills. In our opinion, it is really unacceptable.
On November 15th, 2007. See this statement in context.