My question is, then....
It's a pretty thin line, and in a committee structure such as this, where we have the opposition parties, for example, outnumbering the government, it may simply come down to the fact that the opposition will vote one way and the government will vote the other. But it should really go beyond the partisan nature of this committee, because it is an entirely serious matter.
Let me frame it this way. If this literature were put out in the middle of a campaign, I don't think—this is my own personal view—that Mr. Cotler or anyone else, if it were directed to Mr. Volpe or anyone else, would have a case to sue for defamation, because all the literature does is point out accurately the position and statements made by members of the Liberal Party. But since it was not in the middle of a campaign, Mr. Cotler seems to have suggested—not suggested, but he stated—that this was injurious to his reputation and impeded his ability to do his job as an MP.
How do you square that circle? If one of his political opponents during the next campaign, whenever that will be, were to put out a campaign piece of literature exactly like this, with accurate statements, what recourse would Mr. Cotler have?