I just heard Mr. Hoback use the term, “It's embarrassing”. Yes, it is embarrassing, as far as I'm concerned. It's troubling.
All of us have personal opinions about people, maybe even those who wind up being our witnesses here. When witnesses come before us, these labour leaders are duly elected through the processes of the union movement, which is guaranteed by our charter. To have them come before a parliamentary committee like this to be insulted is embarrassing. As was just pointed out, they're elected by the same people who elect us.
Why in the world do we have to get into insulting them? It's beyond me.