Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I almost raised a point of order or privilege—I wasn't sure which—during Mr. Bergeron's intervention, but decided that you would probably rule that it was a point of debate. I do want to say two things.
Firstly, I think in the careful reading of my remarks on there being, perhaps, partisanship, I was very careful also to acknowledge the validity of this motion and its intent. I coupled those very carefully in my remarks to ensure that I understood that this is a valid motion and that, in some circumstances, I think I would be supportive of it.
At the same time, I recognize that there is a wave of requests for documents coming from many committees, which appears, in my mind, to be of a partisan nature. That is my opinion and I will stress it, but I wanted to say that I would say that 95% of my intervention was about the merits of the case being made by Mr. Genuis, Mr. Chong and Mr. Harris.
Secondly, I would say that it felt like a scurrilous attack on character to assert that my reservations about this had to do with information that I felt should be hidden. Nothing is further from my intent as a parliamentarian, and an attack on someone's character is inappropriate and I would like that to be withdrawn and an apology made.
Thank you very much.