Well, I can tell you, and you can look at the talkbacks on the National Post after Mr. Ivison published his article, and as I told him, there are two kinds of responses. One says, “Ah, since Mr. Cotler lied about what took place in Durban and said that the Canadian delegation was there to combat anti-Semitism in Durban and was commended by the Israelis for it, since he lied, we can't believe him on anything else he said about Durban.” So my entire record wherein I combatted the anti-Semitism in Durban has been taken by some to say, “Well, we can't believe Cotler because now we're told that it was wrong what happened; his story was wrong.”
Mr. Ivison said my memory might have played tricks on me as to who said what to whom. I don't think my memory played tricks on me. It might have played tricks on Mr. Baker, but certainly not on me, since every single interlocutor who has been involved has come out publicly and corroborated my remarks.
The other part of what has happened is people who say, “Oh well, Mr. Cotler is just a self-hating Jew and therefore he participated in an anti-Semitic hatefest.” Either way, I got injured by it, and not only injured by the flyer but, as I said, the fallout since the flyer and the continuing prejudice in that regard.
That's why this committee's meeting is so important, because it is this committee that can finally and unequivocally rectify the prejudice, the breach of privilege, the breach to Parliament as an institution, and do something about this kind of debasing language that is conveyed and targets members of an identifiable minority.