I want to extend a hand to the other side because I have known Liberal ministers who were much less available than the current Minister of Transport. It must be acknowledged that he has made himself very available. I would like to invite him and ask to meet with him for two hours, if that would be agreeable to him. I repeat, some Liberal ministers were much less available than he has been. If we can meet with him for two hours, all the better. I would like for him to know ahead of time the reasons why we are inviting him, i.e., to discuss planned expenditures for one hour and a half and Bill C-7 for the remaining half hour. If he agrees to that, that would be fine, but I would not want to browbeat him, because he could revert to the habits of the former Liberals. That would complicate things somewhat.
On April 21st, 2009. See this statement in context.