On a point of order, Mr. Chair, I tried this last Friday, but got an incredibly biased decision from the chair at that time.
There has been no coalition for nine years. You're allowed to have great latitude at this committee, but you're not allowed to rewrite history. Saying that the last nine years has been a coalition government is like saying the last nine years was an American Republican government. It's simply wrong.
I would ask my colleague to be factual. He can talk about the last two and a half years of having a confidence and supply agreement, but there was no coalition government between the Liberals and the NDP for the last nine years. You're not allowed to state outright falsehoods under the guise of parliamentary privilege. I would ask my colleague to withdraw that comment and stick to the truth.