Procedure and House Affairs committee  I don't know what you're talking about anymore.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I thought we were trying to delete the first and the last paragraphs. Right?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Has somebody moved that as an amendment?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There's no such thing as a friendly amendment at committees. It's either an amendment or it's not an amendment.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, but it isn't an unreasonable expectation as a general rule, and it will be up to us whether we apply that general rule to what we have heard. The intent to mislead the committee began with her less than fulsome answer to Mr. McKay, but she carried on and continued to attempt to mislead the House by allowing this misunderstanding to linger--I don't have the dates any more--from March till December, with ample opportunities to correct the misunderstanding.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Who put the “Rama” in the Rama Lama Ding Dong?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I knew it wouldn't be right for you; I did it for you.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Chair, and thank you, Mr. Walsh, once again, for helping to bring clarity to our deliberations. I appreciated your opening remarks, that one of the first prerequisites we have to lay down is what standard of truthfulness we expect. I hope that we would expect the highest standard of truthfulness from any witness, but especially a minister of the crown.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I don't really have any questions.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm still looking for places in your proposal or in the evaluation of your proposal that might have set off Minister Kenney, or anyone in the Conservative government, to this wild conclusion that you're somehow anti-Israel. I do notice in your evaluation—I think I found the clause you are making reference to—that the Middle East and the North Africa bureaus of the Department of Foreign Affairs commented on your proposal, and they say this: Canada is committed to the goal of a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East, including the creation of a Palestinian state living side by side in peace and security with Israel.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's the official position of the Government of Canada.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Could there have been a report published by one of these four organizations—well, the two Palestinian ones, I presume—that may have been over the top or hypercritical of Israel? I'm just looking for some reason.... If some report was circulated that was very condemning of the actions of the Israeli government from an organization that you were helping with Kairos, do you think that might be what got under Jason Kenney's skin to order his junior minister to scrap the funding for Kairos?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I understand that. Again, we're just seeking to understand how this could happen. I don't know of a more credible organization than Kairos. Virtually all of the mainstream churches in Canada and their members are not going to be engaged in something that Jason Kenney would find unpalatable.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, that's interesting.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Fair enough, and thank you for that correction. Having dealt with the issue of anti-Semitism for the last two years with this committee, though, it strikes me that one of the most damaging and even slanderous things you can say about someone or some organization is accuse them of anti-Semitism.