Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Now that the motion has been received, I have some brief comments.
Ultimately, what took place was Mr. Brock, the member for Brantford—Brant, making some claims against me. These were untrue. It is clear that Mr. Chiu has been to this committee on a number of occasions and had many opportunities in the media to make these claims against me prior. It appears he's obviously changed his tune, for whatever reason. That's why I found it necessary to clarify these facts and bring them forward to this committee.
Now, if we look at why, I was simply trying to move a motion forward on another issue, one about closing loopholes, the ethical use of our budget and members using House of Commons funds to do the job we do. I was closing loopholes and looking at abuses. I was bringing forward something that had been in the news, which we found: Conservative members using House of Commons funds for a convention that was partisan and abusing their—