Mr. Speaker, I am sure you understand why I will have to repeat my question. As for eliminating duplication, there are whole federal departments we could get rid of, not an advisory council that serves the status of women, but whole departments that duplicate the work done by provincial departments. We have a few suggestions for the government if it needs some help in this area.
Are we to infer from what the Deputy Prime Minister said that the committee appointed by the government to review the CRTC's decision on direct tv broadcasting, consisting of Gordon Ritchie, Roger Tassé and Robert Rabinovitch, is a committee appointed by order in council, thus involving friends of the government who are responsible for reaching a decision where several billion dollars are at stake, a decision that concerns all Canadians?