Mr. Chair, it continues to puzzle me why a minister comes before a committee, has the full resources of the department, and does not come with a translated, prepared statement. He is going to be reading from notes. It benefits us as a committee to have that statement in front of us, so I'm asking, through you, Mr. Chair, if the minister has a statement that we could follow.
On October 8th, 2014. See this statement in context.