You have made a ruling, Chair. I think your ruling is supported by what the Speaker said. The Speaker was very clear, if anyone cared to listen to him, before we left on break. He was very clear about this type of activity. The message I certainly took from his message to us as parliamentarians was to get on with the work and the business of committee and to not try to upset and disrupt what should be a process that honours the powers that have been vested in us by our constituents and by the people who put us here.
We have a responsibility to deal with legislation. We have legislation before the committee that the House has put before the committee. We have witnesses who are here to speak to that proposed legislation. Let's get on with hearing from the witnesses.