Yes, when a member of the public sits in front of a committee, as I am here now, they enjoy all the protections of that committee meeting. It's a proceeding of the House and they are fully protected. We had to very quickly move to protect that rule when the Gomery commission wanted to use evidence of a witness before the public accounts committee in those proceedings, and we were successful.
On June 5th, 2006. See this statement in context.