It's especially telling that the Liberals are riled up about this, because the Prime Minister could proactively table the information to this committee to clarify. If there's nothing to see here, then trust but verify. Go and show what he asked and what information he provided to the Ethics Commissioner.
His story to Canadians changed three different times. What did he provide to the Ethics Commissioner? Did his story to the Ethics Commissioner change three times? I think that is very important.
If the Liberals are going to fight over whether it's advice or guidance, or the government House leader's use of pre-clearance or precheck—whatever it may be—the Prime Minister could address this proactively and provide those documents to show clarity and put an end to part of this. He refuses to do so, and now the Liberals and the NDP are refusing to do the same thing.
I would just say, Mr. Chair, to refute the points of the Liberals and NDP here, this is not a blanket opening of the advice being provided to any MP. We're doing this, we're here at this meeting today and we're having this conversation and these meetings because the Prime Minister changed his story three times.
It's important to know, when they said they talked—or whatever term they want to use—to the Ethics Commissioner, the context or lack thereof the Prime Minister gave. If the Prime Minister and his office gave the same changing story three times that he gave to Canadians, there's a problem here. We deserve to see the paper trail.
There should be no reason in this case.... Because the Prime Minister, again, changed his story three times, he should proactively provide it if there's nothing to hide. The fact that they are blocking this and hiding behind things, I think, has Canadians wondering what exactly is up.