Having heard the statements of the members...Mr. Thibault, I understand your point, but the member has asked an important question. It is a matter on which we should seek proper assessment by legal counsel, and I will undertake to do that immediately--have the officers arrange for the information to be provided to me and for the committee. I'm going to reserve until I have the legal opinion as to the rights, because the member has the right to move the motion. Mr. Thibault also has the right to participate, unless the case is made clearly that it is inappropriate for him to participate.
I assume that Mr. Thibault is not going to participate in debate at this time.