It's unfortunate, since everyone did hear him say “lie”, which is unparliamentary, but since he doesn't want to apologize, perhaps that says something about.... I won't even go there.
This motion, Mr. Chairman, not only says that it wants the draft report to contain conclusions--the conclusions of the opposition coalition--but also states that no summary of evidence should be included in the draft report. I appreciate the fact that members of the Bloc Québécois say that perhaps they'd want to amend that, but why in the world would they allow this motion to come forward to begin with?
I point out the obvious, once again. Had the analysts been able to do their work, which is the norm in Parliament, and present a draft report to this committee based on testimony heard, recommendations and conclusions could be made and could be amended by the committee, but it seems the opposition coalition want to circumvent that process and do not want to abide by parliamentary procedure. They merely want to try to make some partisan political points, some cheap political points, as they try, Mr. Chairman--