Mr. Speaker, I would point out to the hon. member that we are not talking about the government's right to do its homework. In my opinion the CN task force is not homework. It is a study to determine whether the CP offer is good, whether there are alternatives, and what should be the policies as a result of it.
That is the kind of thing done by the Standing Committee on Transport and is why we have committees, so we can study various proposals. CP has made an offer to buy a section of a government business. It is something that government should not be doing of course, being in business.
We have had a legitimate outside offer to buy a portion of a government service. If that is not justification for it to be studied in the committee concept, which is all-party, then I do not know when there ever will be a case.