Right. Certainly that's what I expected to hear from you, Monsieur Ménard, and my statement will be as follows. I'm going to read it for the benefit of the entire committee here and the media, since they are present:
Since some time has passed, I would like to remind the committee members why I have ruled this motion out of order. As I said at the time, I ruled along two points, the first being that this motion falls outside the mandate of this committee; secondly, this motion requires the committee to act in a manner contrary to the purpose it was created for. Hence I might point out the clerk's clear statement on the reasons.
On the first point in relation--