It's interesting that we do some things in camera, Madam Chair, and some things out of camera, depending on what the Conservatives opposite want to do. Maybe they'd like to go in camera. Maybe Mr. Del Mastro, when he calls Mr. Carroll here, would like to take that discussion in camera instead of trying to drag this gentleman through the media circus and through this.
I would like to see, when we get to that stage, whether Mr. Del Mastro would actually like to go in camera so that we don't impugn, or penalize, this individual any more than he already has been.
Getting back to the motion at hand here, I like how Mr. Del Mastro talks about public attacks on a member of Parliament.
You know, I'm new to this place. I was elected in 2008. It was a very interesting time in my first couple of years here. We made some changes. My little party was going through some tough times. We elected a new leader by the name of Michael Ignatieff. It was very interesting. As soon as Mr. Ignatieff was elected, we had some personal attacks come from the Conservative Party: “He's just visiting”. That was their famous line: “He's just visiting”. He went away to university. He did well for himself. But they liked to attack that he was just visiting. They love public attacks when that comes forward.
Then their next line was, “He's not in it for you”.