Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Senator, we began this conversation with a conversation about the Senate. I think it's important to take a minute or two at the top to correct the record on some of the misleading information that was provided.
As most Canadians with knowledge of the Constitution know, senators are appointed by the Governor General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister. Bert Brown, Ted Morton, Cliff Breitkreuz, Link Byfield and Mike Shaikh were all elected by Alberta voters. They were not appointed to the Senate by Stephen Harper. He appointed 59 senators, some of whom ended up in jail and some of whom ended up with all kinds of other questionable records of their own.
Senator, have you ever been accused of any wrongdoing since your appointment to the Senate?