Mr. Chairman, as you know, many documents are published on the Internet. We all have our field of expertise and we all have limited time to read documents. And so, when we welcome important witnesses such as deputy ministers or ministers, we expect that in their statements, they will provide information to parliamentarians on central points. I don't think this information is unimportant, nor that it can be taken lightly.
I have been a member of Parliament for one year now. If we took a survey, I don't think that we would find that many of my colleagues found the document on the Internet. I wonder why the deputy ministers who came here and to whom we put questions on the increase in oil production did not in their statements inform the parliamentarians gathered here around this table of this central point.
You will understand, in light of the quantity of documents circulating on the Internet, that we cannot depend on that to be properly informed of the latest developments. It is up to the witnesses when they feel it is pertinent... Unless you think that this news that governments intend to increase fivefold the production of barrels of oil in Alberta is not relevant, I think it was up to them to inform us. I am not necessarily claiming that all witnesses should share all the results of their research and tell us all about their lives, but this is central, important information. I think that this is something that cannot be set aside when one is studying the oil sands, Mr. Chairman.