I'm not quite used to this style of committee hearing. I want to point out that within the last minute or two, the minister has for his own reasons—we have free speech around here—resorted to ad hominem and personal references to the member, when around this table we're supposed to be discussing public policy with specific reference to this bill.
I think it would really help if we could keep the conversations focused. I'd ask the chair to help us do that, because we're not going to get too far if this kind of partisan back and forth stuff continues.