My 2:00 cancelled, so I can just fit you in

We can't have the vote today because I have to get a haircut this afternoon. Tomorrow is out too because we have got a guy from Mali here that I'm supposed to hang out with. Next Monday won't work because Sheila has booked the cat to go see the vet about hairballs, and she can't handle the cat because he hates the car, and we don't have one of those travel cages. So it's pretty much up to me to do that. So as you can see, Monday is out. Tuesday and Wednesday I will travel to Regina to be with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The connections to and from Regina are awful so I will need at least two days for that. That leaves next Thursday. Next Thursday isn't that great either. I have a golf game scheduled with Herle, but I am prepared to set that aside for you. That's right -- I'm doing this for you. I'm looking at you right now through this television camera lens. Yes you, you are my number one priority...

-- Paul Martin, on why the budget vote can't be held until the 19th, as told to Monte Solberg, MP