It has nothing to do with fear, Mr. Chairman, but rather a desire to move things forward. When we table a report in the House of Commons, the clock starts ticking, and we would like to know when we will get a response to our report. We will be studying the estimates in March. They are prepared over Christmas. In this way, the committee's request and recommendation will be public. It will give the government an opportunity to read them. There are no games being played here. We are all adults, and we have done many studies, as you say. I have a great deal of confidence in our researcher. He will draft a good report for us. There will not be a great deal of work to do on it, and we will present it to the House of Commons. Christmas is a time of joy; everyone is happy. The minister may decide to restore the Court Challenges Program for official language minority communities in this country. Who knows; we are going to try. It has nothing to do with fear; we are expressing a Christmas wish.
On November 29th, 2007. See this statement in context.