Finance committee  I think we'd be stating the obvious to say that it's about a confidence vote. It's not fair to Canadians to be implementing legislation this way. It's part of a move toward legislative changes that will authorize instructions to be made in all sorts of areas, which will reduce political accountability.

Finance committee  No. Actually, one of the concerns we have is with respect to the process itself. The reason is that we are appearing before the finance committee; with all due respect, you do not necessarily have the expertise or the history in this area. Second, we have not been given adequate time and we have not been given adequate ability to make presentations.

Finance committee  I too want to hear my colleague David Cohen. I understand he has some very interesting comments to make to this committee. I have set out the basis for our organization's concerns with respect to this bill in our policy paper. I would commend the entire paper to you and would ask you to read it closely.

Finance committee  Then I can save my comments for questions. I would commend the report to you and would welcome your comments.