Mr. Chair, to have us just go talk among ourselves for one minute at the same time as you're suggesting the committee hear from one of the witnesses who is here is counterintuitive to my privileges as a parliamentarian.
I don't suspect any ill will here. We're trying to just sort it out, and we have two amendments before the committee, one proposed by the government side and one by us. We're simply trying to sort out in our opinion which one is going to serve the best interests of Canadians. I don't think we're being unreasonable with that. We're not trying to filibuster or stall anything, and to suggest that we need to go talk in the corner while somebody is here to testify to something else that is currently before this committee is not really conducive to my rights as a parliamentarian. I'd ask you to reconsider that.