Mr. Chair, first of all, I think it's absolutely ridiculous that this motion has been allowed to stand, and that the challenge to the chair was upheld by the opposition parties, because this is not a partisan issue. This is a non-partisan issue. Any member of Parliament could have been subject to this situation. To suggest otherwise is simply absurd.
To pretend that this committee can now take over the responsibilities of the procedure and House affairs committee is absurd. It's absolutely ludicrous, as you stated in the House of Commons when you spoke to this issue not that long ago. There are natural limitations to what this committee can do. We can't rewrite history. We can't change the weather. We can't stop time, and we can't change the rules that the procedure and House affairs committee has authority over. It's simply absurd to suggest that we can now take this upon ourselves.