We have a responsibility when we have witnesses not to use pejorative language to attack them and not to create straw man arguments that are not intellectually honest. Most members of Parliament spend far more than $100,000 a year on travel and hospitality. To use the term “dinging the taxpayer” for somebody who served as head of the NRC for 10 years and is a member of the Order of Canada, who has served the country.... To be attacked like this by a member is not appropriate.
On March 6th, 2008. See this statement in context.