Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, no, you don't get to pick and choose.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Answer that specific question.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's not the point, Mr. Chair.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chairman, could I speak to that? That is not the point. I'm very deliberately trying to keep my questions very short and very succinct. Rather than answer the question I put to her, she wants to talk about some other subject. With all due respect, she's the witness here, and

Procedure and House Affairs committee  --she has to answer it.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Fair enough.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Through you, Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask the minister if she specifically told Stephanie Machel to insert the word “not” from her phone in her car when she was driving home to her riding that day. Yes or no.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Good enough.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Where were you, through the chair--

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That was the answer to the question I had. My next question is this. Where was the minister when the document was signed?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Did the minister direct Stephanie Machel--

Procedure and House Affairs committee  [Inaudible--Editor]...my questions as meaningless. My next question--

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes or no, did you direct Stephanie Machel to insert the word “not” from your phone when driving back to your riding?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, Minister, I don't know if I can express how frustrated we are that after three months of grilling you, after three months of questions in question period and appearances before parliamentary committee, now, at the eleventh hour, with a gun to your head, one hour away from b

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, no. When? Date? Date?