Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Good morning, everyone.
I'm very pleased to be here this morning. I'll be uncharacteristically very brief. I simply want to thank the committee for all of the work that it's doing on this question and exhort you to come back to the House with a robust report on parliamentary privilege.
As you will no doubt have realized yourselves from the testimony you've received, it's not a concept that's very well understood. Interestingly enough, it seems that the people who are most prepared to hold forth on it—I don't count myself among them—invariably start their interventions by saying, “I don't know much about parliamentary privilege, and I really don't know anything about constitutional law, but I'd like to tell you what to do.” I'd like you to perhaps set those things aside and heed the words of the Acting Law Clerk, which are to follow.
Thank you very much for having us here this morning.