Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Through you, Mr. Chair, Mr. Drouin seems to want to direct the members of this committee as to how we should or should not conduct business, and how we should or should not use our parliamentary privilege. I find that extremely rich and inappropriate.
This is not a place to try to bully other members. This is not a place to try to shame other members for rightly using the tools that are at their disposal. When it comes to the investigation with regard to the Prime Minister and his family, I welcome the member to find a quote where I smeared the Prime Minister. I actually would ask for an apology because that's a wrong smearing of my name and a false accusation against me.
To do an investigation and to be the chair of the ethics committee during that investigation is a right understanding of my responsibility and a right function as a member of Parliament and chair of that committee. I welcome that apology from the member.