Thank you, Chair.
I'm not very surprised. Rudeness is quite common in some places. I was making a point about the perception of how taxpayer dollars are used. I'm sorry that he was so offended.
Oh, look—I can apologize. That's fine.
I will perhaps also talk about a Hungarian think tank that was run by a Conservative MP who used taxpayer dollars to spend tens of thousands of dollars on sponsored travel all across the world. Looking to see who benefits from sponsored travel is something that we had tried to study in this committee as well: How should sponsored travel be used? Should MPs be entitled to take taxpayer dollars and spend them across the world, or should those taxpayer dollars be staying here in Canada?
If we're so worried about how taxpayer dollars are used and about how the Conflict of Interest Act applies, then we need to make sure that we have a well-rounded approach to how that happens and not just say, “Oh, if you're a Liberal, you must be violating something.”