Mr. Chair, we have an escalating derailment rate in Canada. Canadians are increasingly concerned. And we have Mr. Rhodes, who's a survivor of one of the most tragic of those derailments. We absolutely need to hear him come before the committee and testify and provide us with that information that may, in the end, help to save lives in the future.
I would like to talk about process for a moment. I support Mr. Bell's motion, obviously. I think this committee has been run effectively. I am involved in other committees that have not been, and I would hope that what happened on Friday won't happen again.
If you feel a need to change the agenda, I would hope that you would consult with the agenda committee. We're only a phone call away. I think it was a surprise and disappointment to all of us--it certainly was for me, coming in on the red-eye flight, as I'd left my office on Friday afternoon for other events and we were involved in the community all weekend--to arrive and find that the agenda had been altered. I would hope that next time you would consult with the agenda committee. I believe you're effective as a chair. I'm disappointed with what happened on Friday.