Madam Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague on the justice committee, the member for Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes. I heard the member opposite talk about the justice committee and allegations that the character of each member of that committee was being maligned in this place.
I was very fortunate to work on a committee that got along very well and produced unanimous reports. Then, all of a sudden, this hot potato was dropped on that committee. It occurred to me that things looked very different. It occurred to me that things were being directed from elsewhere.
Through you, Madame Speaker, I ask the member, as a new member who observed for the first time how that committee was functioning, whether he felt that the members were acting as independently as the Prime Minister has told this House they act.