Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I always think it's important.... I'm not sure how to respond to Mr. Dewar's intervention, except to point out that it is not unprecedented for a member of a committee, or indeed even a member speaking in the House, to speak in favour of something they support. That's all I'm doing.
The point, of course, of all discussion in the House and in its committees is to try to persuade members over to the point of view expressed by the speaker in order, hopefully, to have them vote in favour of the item on which they are speaking in favour. But we even have situations where something is non-votable, ultimately, and we still have debate over it. People try to convince each other of the merits in a more abstract fashion, something which I think is relevant here, since this ultimately is the issue that the opposition is planning on fighting the election over.
I was frustrated throughout these hearings by some of the ways in which.... I don't want to criticize other members. I'll say that I was frustrated by some of the things I saw some members do where I thought it just wasn't appropriate behaviour. I suppose it wasn't contempt of Parliament, obviously, but it was not respectful in the way we ought to be respectful--