As we're moving into the 36th or 37th hour, I've sat and listened to Ms. Lattanzio accuse me of making personal attacks, of destroying businesses, of destroying WE Charity. Our obligation as parliamentarians is to ask political questions. She might not like that, because she's government, but it is our obligation.
If the WE Charity did not meet the standards for that proposal, we have a right to ask about that. The decision they made to shut their charity was their decision, but we should never be told, “Shame on parliamentarians for asking for accountability.” The fact is that the Prime Minister's Office, as well as senior ministers who had obligations to protect Canadians during the pandemic, failed.
For Ms. Lattanzio to lecture us about making personal attacks.... I take my work very seriously. I've been 17 years in Parliament. I've been on this committee for years. I have seen the most wicked and vicious political battering at this committee, but I have always served with the intention of putting the Canadian people first.
If Ms. Lattanzio wants to talk the clock out by attacking us and saying that we're making personal attacks and trying to destroy business, I think that's very unfortunate. It's a question of relevance, because she's repeating the same lines that her colleagues are using. We're getting into repetition, so I would ask you to rule on that.