Thank you, Chair.
Since I was interrupted, I would like to clarify that at the beginning of my remarks, I said I was going to start by countering some of the points Mr. Cooper made in his remarks. It was Mr. Cooper who was talking about the Conflict of Interest Act, not me. As he was talking, I was making notes on exactly all of the instances in which he was being quite hypocritical in his remarks. If I'm ignorant and he's hypocritical, it is an eye for an eye and we'll make the world blind.
I'm trying to get through this meeting. I'm trying to have a respectful conversation and take partisan politics out of the work we do. We have, in so many ways, stepped away from the true meaning of this committee.
Mr. Villemure and I have had these conversations many times. All I'm trying to do, Chair, is see how we can better ensure that parliamentarians—all of them—conduct themselves in the manner a parliamentarian should. That doesn't just mean obeying all the rules of the House; it's being respectful, not name-calling, and making sure conflicts of interest—not just actual, but also perceived—do not happen. I have said this many times before in this committee: We need to do a thorough review of how this happens, instead of a piecemeal review here and there, depending on whose political objective is being achieved, because that's not the role of this committee at all.
I think we can do better. Again, I'm quite embarrassed by what Canadians have watched today as a result of the conduct of my colleagues here.
I'll park my comments there, Chair.