You used plural there and referred to both of us.
I take a position, but I'm trying to be non-partisan about it, and I mean that. I had on my board a distinguished Conservative, a former MLA from Alberta. He was known for his human rights. He was on my board. Never once did he try to make a partisan issue, when we had a Conservative government, that we should ever follow a Conservative agenda. He stuck to the human rights mandate.
To get back to David Matas, I, as an NDP... We haven't exactly formed a government yet at the federal level, but if I were our Prime Minister, I'd love to appoint a Liberal to do my dirty work, instead of someone in my own party.
Never, to my memory, has Mr. Matas come to the defence of Palestinians. He has defended, very often, very offensive actions by the Government of Israel. Why wouldn't the government put Mr. Matas on and say, “Well, look, he's a Liberal”? My point earlier was, you put people on—it doesn't matter what party label they have—that you know will pursue their agenda.