Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the fact that many organizations were able to appear before the committee, but many were not. In fact the Canadian Union of Public Employees representing 500,000 workers was not able to appear. It was turned down. The Council of Canadians, which had a petition with 500,000 signatures, was not able to appear. Many other concerned Canadians were not able to be before this committee because it was located here and there was no opportunity to go to the expense and the time to get here.
Let me just conclude by saying that not only were groups refused in terms of participation but in fact those that were able to be here were not listened to. The Council—