I truly am quite amazed and in fact quite frustrated. As Mr. Norlock has so accurately said, we had an agenda forced down our throats that Mr. Davies was part of the coalition to make happen. For Mr. Davies now to arrive back, after we've spent the time we have listening to witnesses, doing all the review of materials, and coming prepared, on the schedule—we had no disagreement with the schedule as outlined—is to me a situation whereby we're put into changing the whole schedule.
We prepare ourselves as MPs to come and deal with the business of the day, as outlined in our schedules and agendas—which is, by the way, an agenda we had no input into, but that was forced upon us by the opposition. Mr. Davies played a key role in it, upon our return in this session. He played a key role along with other people on the other side of the table. It's unacceptable for me as a committee member to have him come back today and tell us that he's been given instructions by somebody outside this room that he is to come here and delay the business that's on our agenda for this committee.
In principle, regardless of what the issue might be—yes, it is Bill C-391, and yes, it is clause-by-clause—come on, stop playing games trying to juggle the schedule to whatever meets the needs of the NDP at this moment in time.
You can sense my frustration here. The games should stop here. Let's get to the work we had outlined doing. Let's review, clause by clause.
I totally agree with my colleague Mr. Rathgeber that this is totally out of order, in my opinion.