I'd like to ask the member opposite if he's ever seen anybody in this place, this Parliament, sitting around doing nothing, because I never have. That's because it's such an incredibly busy place. There are 40 standing committees, plus there are special committees. Every word is translated to either English or French. It's the busiest place I've ever been. Everybody who works here has work stacked up, basically. They go from project to project.
So when they get an important request like this, they take it very seriously. They analyze it, they look at how their time is planned ahead, how many hours and how many days and sometimes how many weeks ahead their work is planned, and they decide how quickly they can produce that for the committee, because they take that very seriously.
I don't think there's any need to belittle research by talking about a press release that costs $3,400. It's ridiculous, because no press release goes out without hours and hours of research and writing.
I don't want to belittle anybody's work. I don't think it's necessary. This is a very reasonable response to the member's request. The committee should accept it without taking up any more time.
Thank you.