—that I share Mr. Wernick's concern about the rising tide of political extremism, but I was very surprised that he suggested political assassination in the midst of a parliamentary hearing on whether the government had done wrong.
Do you not realize that would breach the rules for the Privy Council that they're not to wade into matters of conjecture and controversy? Yet he started out an answer to the panel about whether or not the government was involved in interfering with the rule of law, and he related it, not just to political assassination, but he said:
I worry about the reputations of honourable people who have served their country being besmirched and dragged through the market square. I worry about the trolling from the vomitorium of social media entering the open media arena. Most of all, I worry about people losing faith....
Is that the position of the government, or is that his opinion?