I am trying to understand. We were told that we would only have two hours instead of three because a vote was expected tomorrow evening. As it happens, there will not be a vote tomorrow evening after all. There will be one this evening, as well as a ways and means vote on Thursday. I want everything to be clear, because this portion of the meeting will be conducted in public. If the only reason for cutting into our time was the scheduled vote, well, we know there will be not be one now. I want people to understand that we are losing 67 minutes, the time it will take a minister to deliver a useful speech, as well as another sixty-minute period. We can discuss many things in 60 minutes, especially if this minister, who often trips over his own feet, is forced to address this committee. I am not sure that tomorrow's meeting will be very productive.
On June 5th, 2007. See this statement in context.