Mr. Speaker, I understand that it was the current opposition House leader who made the assertion that it was $50,000 an hour so the House could function. Yes, the member is right that this new ploy would cost well over $1 million.
However, we need to understand why the Conservatives are doing this. According to the first speech from the Conservatives today, they are upset because they want to have a better understanding of the costs of the price on pollution, even though they were in government when the report was done. I suspect there might even be a few of the former cabinet ministers who are aware of it. However, if they read the document that was made public back on April 1, there is all sorts of information in there. Maybe they could save the Canadian taxpayers $1.5 million by just doing a little reading and their homework.