Mr. Speaker, I know that earlier the member for Louis-Hébert rose on a point of order concerning what happened this morning in the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food. I wish to tell the government House leader that I also understand that we cannot intervene when the report is not finished.
However, I wish to point out that the entire issue debated this morning concerned the agenda. It is difficult to prepare a report when the chair does not even respect the points previously agreed to.
The problem is as follows: on December 15, 1999, the committee had already considered a decision and a majority of it had agreed that, this morning, the chair of the committee was to authorize witnesses being invited so that this point could be discussed. But this morning, the committee literally refused to discuss this issue, and it is important—