Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My concern is that the public accounts committee has completely come off the rails, and we are straying further and further away from the mandate of this committee, which is to review the reports of the Auditor General. There are certainly more than ample reports for this committee to review and to comment on. In fact, we have a number of reports we need to be reviewing, and hopefully we will be tabling them in the House before it rises later this month.
When we talk about calling witnesses before us, I feel that it's very important that we treat all these witnesses with respect. On another committee I serve on, earlier today, we had two panels of witnesses lined up. One of the witnesses flew all the way in from Saskatchewan. The Conservatives hijacked that committee by introducing a motion and by filibustering, and not one question was asked of any of the witnesses, which I think is extremely disrespectful.