He has a mean left hook, Madam Chair, but I'm up to the challenge.
My question is this. I get that everybody has an interest in Bill C-40, and we've all heard capable witnesses and we have departmental officials here. I understand that.
The minister was set to be here on the estimates. That, itself, is also quite serious, so what I'm asking is, why don't we have the minister here? Secondly, was there any consultation that was undertaken in that circumstance? I certainly wasn't consulted on that.