Madam Speaker, what bad faith on the part of the colleague who sits on the same committee as I do.
He knows perfectly well that I was not against the committee members sitting together. I too would have liked that.
However, why did we come to this solution? It is because we had work to do within the larger committee. On the political agenda of the work of the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development, Skills Development, Social Development and Status of Persons with Disabilities, we could not work on the recommendations regarding the employment insurance fund.
Consequently, we had to come to an agreement. I would have liked to mention the name of the riding of the NDP colleague who also sits on the committee, but I do not recall it. However, I can tell you that they finally voted, but they did everything to stop it. This is what happened. There is a whole procedure.
In the end, they saw the truth. They were all alone on their side. What I mean—