It's been the practice of this committee, as long as I've been on it, to treat witnesses with courtesy and try to accommodate them at their convenience. To hear this kind of rudeness from the member opposite is astounding.
It was the government that was anxious to bring this bill forward quickly. I have no problem with that. But before we start assigning blame, we have to understand why this bill came forward at the speed it did. Perhaps informal consultations were made that we don't know about, and these kinds of allegations are totally uncalled for.