Excuse me, please. Are you challenging the chair?
We have an agreement at this committee. When Ms. Mathyssen had a replacement who wished to move a motion on her behalf, there was a challenge of this by the party across the way, and we agreed that we have to have unanimous....
Excuse me, Mr. Lemieux. The chair is speaking. Would you please allow the chair to finish?
We challenged this at the committee. It was resolved by unanimous consent. Ms. Glover withdrew her objection, and the committee allowed the member to do so. The committee works by unanimous decision in the case in which we have a member who is an MP and has an absolute right to participate—to sit and observe—and to join in the discussion, provided that the committee unanimously agrees to allow them to do so. That is the rule.
I am asking whether the committee agrees to let you participate, and we have Ms. Mathyssen suggesting that it is inappropriate, because we are at a point when we are about to either decide whether we will vote on this motion or withdraw it.
Yes, Ms. Glover.