This has nothing to do with ego. It's the Parliament of Canada. This is our democracy. We have a responsibility. We have been elected as members of Parliament, all of us, and this is our privilege. I will speak for the people of Acadie—Bathurst. I'm here to represent them. It's not about Yvon Godin; it's about representation.
It's not only the votes in the House. If we have committees going on and there is a vote that could happen at committees, we don't get bells for that. If we get called by our whip and told, “I want you in that committee”, I have the right to vote in committee. I have the right to make speeches in committee. I have the right to my voice. We all have that. It's our privilege. That's why it is so strict.
This is the place for making the laws of this country, and it's our responsibility to educate the public. It has nothing to do with us. It has something to do with them, because we are representing them, and that's what it's all about.
One recommendation that Mr. Lukiwski was talking about, and I took it really seriously, was that when visitors come in and they intend to block the place he'd maybe have a meeting with the people who are going to be on the site doing the security and tell them how they should proceed. It could be done in the morning. If the convoi is coming in at 10:30, maybe at 9 o'clock they'd get the people in and say, “Okay, here are the rules”. Remind them, because this is just—I'm sorry, but one day something is going to happen, and we'll say, “Look, it's because of what is happening in the yard”, and the member was not just refused access onto the Hill, but he lost his privileges on the committee. He lost his privileges in the House of Commons. He lost his turn to speak. That's why I am emphasizing that privilege be respected.