Mr. Speaker, I have a very serious question for the member opposite. I too believe it is important to have discussions in ridings across this country. I am having a town hall meeting on the multilateral agreement on investment, an open forum, publicized in newspapers, as are many people.
My question for this member who speaks so sanctimoniously about how terrible it is to invite people to Ottawa is why has he as the whip of his party not spoken to Grant Hill? The health committee of this House of Commons wants to travel on the issue of natural products and substances. We had a proposal that was approved by the Board of Internal Economy and only because your member refused we were able to travel the country to listen to the views and concerns of people in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Halifax and other parts of this country where the committee wanted to go.
I ask the member, who is the whip of his party, why has he not spoken to Grant Hill and given—