Mr. Speaker, I am somewhat surprised and disappointed. We had an arrangement with the government whip as far as a pairing agreement is concerned. Our critic for the environment was down in Cancun over last weekend and met with dozens of important officials and participated in some meetings that he was allowed in. Other meetings, as we all know, were strictly for government officials, so he could not attend.
Obviously those members here do not want to listen to the explanation, but I will continue.
I am told that he was back in Canada as of last night and attended a large community council meeting on the environment.
Let us face it. He was down there, he did the work he had to do and he came back and did the work he had to do in Canada.