Human Resources committee  Minister, will you answer the question? How often were you lobbied by SNC-Lavalin to make this change to your department's procurement rules?

Human Resources committee  Minister, why won't you just answer it now?

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chair, Mr. Ruimy and Minister Hajdu, I'm trying not to be partisan, but the minister just brought up, in her five-minute speech, everything the Conservatives did wrong and everything she's doing right. That has nothing to do with supplementary estimates. I'm asking some of th

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I appreciate that, but still you are taking away my opportunity to ask questions. Minister Qualtrough, with Bill C-81, we had more than 200 amendments put forward, and we heard from disability groups that are extremely upset that none of those ame

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Before I get to my questions, I just want to say publicly how disappointed I am. I appreciate the fact that the ministers came, but although you talk about how important you feel the work of this committee is, the fact that all four of you appear

Human Resources committee  Well, to my colleague, many of the ministers talked about things that had nothing to do with the supplementary estimates, and I'm taking this very small opportunity that I have to ask questions to ask questions.

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chair, it's my time.

Human Resources committee  They've made the decision. Jobs are dependent on this decision.

Human Resources committee  They have talked about this in question period every day, the jobs that are on the line. We are the committee that deals with labour.

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chair, it's my time; I'm going to ask the question.

Human Resources committee  You're giving us a limited amount of time to talk to the ministers—

Human Resources committee  —and now you're going raise the question of what I can ask.

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chair, it's our opportunity as members of Parliament to talk about the issues that our constituents want us to talk about. You've given us a ridiculously short amount of time to ask the ministers who are here; it's our one chance to ask questions of them, and now you're going

Human Resources committee  Therefore, I think I can ask questions that are outside the box here.

Human Resources committee  This is relevant to this committee.