Thank you very much, Monsieur Godin. I appreciate your work on this file.
Colleagues, to summarize the discussion I'm hearing, we have a suggestion from Monsieur Guimond to ask for a legal opinion on this issue. I don't remember the specifics of the request, but we did take notes.
I suggest we write a letter to Mr. Walsh and ask him to offer a legal opinion. Following our getting that opinion, perhaps we could bring this up again.
I am also hearing from members that the report you have before you is the 19th report. We would probably redraft the report to reflect some of the discussion we've had here today, as well as Mr. Walsh's opinion when that comes in.
Then perhaps, Mr. Godin, we can bring the issue back and can deal with it--as I've said three or four times--one last time. It's fair, and it's absolutely your right.
I do have my own concerns, based on my experiences in my riding of Cambridge. I will take this moment to brag about the good work I do, most of which never ends up in the newspapers; I'm sure that's the experience of all colleagues. However, a member in a different level of government did get thrown out of Parliament, and that was on the front page of the newspaper. That certainly caused me to reflect that maybe it's the way to get on the front page of the newspapers. However, as you well know, I have not taken that approach, although I have tried....
No, just kidding.
If that's acceptable to the committee, then I suggest we proceed that way. We'll get the legal opinion from Mr. Walsh, redraft the report reflecting some of the discussion here today, and bring it back at some point in the near future.
Is that acceptable to the members?