Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would also say, this is not the first example, nor will it be the last, of an opposition party saying one thing and promising to do one thing, and then when in government, doing something different. We see this, and particularly the differences between being in a majority and a

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I have not done that. I have listened to lots of Speeches from the Throne in the past.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Putting in a phrase is not the same as developing a set of policy and policy ideas. Coming up with a catchphrase is not the same thing.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That had been further developed than what we had seen in the previous throne speech.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The problem with that, of course, is jurisdiction. Yes, talking about long-term care that is in the avenue of the provinces is also problematic, which is why there is a section in my statement—which I didn't read, but it was distributed—about why many of the premiers were also up

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Absolutely. It's all about the context of that timing and determining whether there's a causal link. I would think the resignation of the finance minister leading to prorogation the next day is a pretty good causal link.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. I think that's an important aspect. I don't think it's the only one. I mean—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That was a big revelation when we found out that Justin Trudeau's mother and brother were being paid, but even before that, people had to have known—and should have known—about the very close connection between Trudeau and the WE Charity. I think it's less about the money than ab

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, because, in my view, that's the reason for the prorogation. You're going to have to dig deeper into figuring out why they wanted to delay and change the channel. Quite frankly, I think prorogation worked in that respect. It did change the channel. We've only been talking ab

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It might be tougher to do, but I would love to see Bill Morneau back.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  He is a private citizen now, but he resigned in between, so what was the link...? I would think a finance minister would love to be involved in dealing with resetting the Canadian economy and the finances after hundreds of billions of dollars of spending. This would not be the ti

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm not sure what you can do to force them in there outside of identifying that they were requested and chose not to appear.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Keep doing that. More information is better.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No. Sometimes you are going to have to reverse course and do things in the general interest that may go against your ideology. I think we've seen that with a host of governments throughout the pandemic. I actually would argue that we've worked better together than we normally do

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It would, but this was not a normal Speech from the Throne. This was a Speech from the Throne—