Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Much of what Mr. Sousa said doesn't make any sense. I have a couple of points on that.
Number one, Mr. Sousa is very familiar with instances of government scandal. He was part of a government in Ontario during which a gas plant scandal occurred in which people went to jail. I think he should appreciate the importance of parliamentary committees being able to do their work and get to the bottom of what happens. He let the mask slip a little bit when he said that he thinks the committee should be working to “protect the government”. That is not the role of parliamentary committees. The role of parliamentary committees is to—