Given that this committee has been turned repeatedly into a circus by the Conservatives, they cannot use this as an attempt to squeeze out information about what is done in the Liberal office. My job is not to defend the Liberal Party in any manner, but to establish the basic rule for this Parliament, which is that we brought him here to talk about his use of resources. He cannot be compelled to answer for or implicate anybody else for any of their work in their offices, so I'd ask Ms. Davidson to stop using our committee as a political fishing expedition for Mr. Harper's war room.
On April 24th, 2012. See this statement in context.