That's an excellent theoretical question. Indeed, we all know that in the House of Commons, it's forbidden to mention someone's absence, although some members of certain political parties go out of their way to do so almost every day. They are called to order, but in the end, the damage is done.
However, here we are in committee and, honestly, I don't have the answer at my fingertips. I don't want to waste time talking about it. If you don't mind, I'd like to say that we should refrain from mentioning, in committee, the absence of people in the House of Commons, whatever the period in question. I would infer that to be the case. Committees are creations of Parliament, so I imagine that by association, this rule applies, but we can agree today that it's peculiar to mention this in committee.
So, Mr. Iacono, I propose that in committee, we apply the same rule that applies in the House of Commons, that is, we don't mention the absence or presence of people in the House of Commons.
Mr. Godin, you have the floor.