Indeed, Ms. McLeod. You are absolutely right, but we do that when we ask the minister to come in and speak to her department as a whole and in general.
There is a specific meeting, which this committee agreed to, that is going to be held for two hours as a special meeting to deal with funding.
This particular meeting is one of four meetings that the committee agreed to do to speak to the issue of maternal and child health. So we are having a specific meeting right now, not a generic meeting.
I allowed the minister to make a statement that did not address what the meeting was about, which is maternal and child health. The minister made a 10-minute statement and did not address it. But I will not allow this meeting to continue to be railroaded by other issues. It's clear what this meeting is about.
I took the time to read the motion and to speak to the mandate of this meeting. Would you please stick to the topic at hand?