I seek clarification, Mr. Chair.
I understand the rule. It's a reasonable rule, that any document circulated to a House committee be circulated in both official languages.
In this instance, it's not the exact same thing. The member is putting a question to a witness. In the question to the witness, he refers to a letter that was originally the witness's letter. This is a letter that the witness wrote. The witness says that letter may refresh his memory. The member offers to give him a copy of the witness's own letter, put it in his possession, not the committee's, so that he may be prepared to answer the question put before him. I think this would be quite different from evidence that's put to all members of the committee.