To have someone who wishes to interrupt and join our committee continue to attempt to interrupt me, laugh and think that it is all very hilarious that they want to bring a point forward that it is oppressive and discriminatory.... This is really getting to the core of the Westminster style of government. For someone to suggest that to the voters of Canada, who have elected 338 members of Parliament around this country, across this country, up and down this country is, to me, an affront to the entire system we have.
Again, as I said, Mr. Chair, for that individual to take umbrage with that and also to find the hilarity therein is a significant problem for me. To use such language is, to my mind, offensive to me as a person and as a first-time elected member who has been here for merely two years. To have a senior elected member from the opposite side of the country, who perhaps would wish to—