Procedure and House Affairs committee  I can only speak to what my experience is. My experience was that my family asked a close friend to do something very special for me, and that is what he did. I appreciate it very much. That's a question best answered by Mr. Fergus—Greg—and his office. That's what I can say about that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It was livestreamed, yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There was no Friday. As a normal course of events.... We used to have delegate conventions that would be like an AGM. We would go Friday, Saturday and maybe Sunday morning. This was literally an event that went between 12 and six in the afternoon. It was an error in communication that it was to be December 1.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There was no event. The error, I think, that occurred is that.... At most of our conventions—and I'm not sure about your party—usually, if somebody's outgoing, something will be done on the Friday night. However, there was no Friday night. That's the confusion. That's what caused the confusion with the date.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Very much so, yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I know that Parliament has expressed its concern. That's why I'm hear today. I think it's important. It's important that I am here today. That's why I came here today, so I can provide what I know and what I believe to be the case.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. I am still a Liberal MPP, although they look at us as independents there. That's a story for another day, because we don't have time for that in committee right now. Currently, I am, as I say, shepherding the flock in the legislature.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  In the new year, we're going to take a look at what we're going to do.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Of all of the things that were processing in my brain at the time.... There was a lot there. To give you the short answer, no. I'm sorry. I give long answers—just ask any of my colleagues.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you very much for your question. I think if we go back to where this all started, I'm not privy to all the exact details of the conversation that occurred between Linda and Mr. Desfossés, so I can't give you what happened on the other end. All I can tell you is what I saw, what I heard and what I know.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We all have to fill the clock.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The first I saw or knew of this video was literally minutes before I had to go and deliver a speech that I had been working on for a week and a half. All of the video was a surprise to me. I really didn't think about it much after that, because I had to go say thank you to a whole bunch of people, not just the people in the video but the people who have helped me along the way.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There is some emotion in it, but everything is just flicking by you, and then you literally have to turn around, get up on stage and deliver a speech that I wish I'd had more time to work on, without getting into the details of it, and to practise. It was a busy week for us. We were doing midnight sittings, and we had a by-election on the Thursday.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I couldn't tell you what the rules are for that. I know Speaker Arnott fairly well. I have an office just down the hall from him. I'd have to refer to what I'm pretty sure would be in the Standing Orders. Although I've spent 10 years there, the Standing Orders are not something that I've thoroughly studied, so I can't tell you the answer to that question.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Sometimes you can find out that a video gets used at an event or place that you didn't think it was going be used at. Often—most of you would know—we're busy. We're always on the run.