Mr. Chairman, I want to explain because I don't think I was impolite or that I used a tone... The situation is such that we have to get serious.
I said what had happened in committee in the past. Every time we've wanted a minister to appear before the committee, there has been resistance from the government; it has even always voted against it. The government has never voted in favour of a minister appearing before the committee. We have a right, as a committee, to ask a minister to come and answer our questions. My motion is in proper form. I think this is really a waste of time. We could spend the entire day here and give committee members a chance to speak, but we want the minister to appear before the committee. I'm not asking any more than that.