I'm sorry, Mr. Chairman, are you telling me that we only can ask questions about programs and how they're operating in the department when the minister is here? That's certainly not been my experience, and I can tell you that when I was a minister, the officials would come and answer all kinds of questions, including about what was happening in their programs. So I can't imagine that you're suggesting to me that you're going to narrow the line of questioning that much.
On February 26th, 2009. See this statement in context.