I've actually been a parliamentarian for many years but a member of Parliament for only four years. One of the things that I learned, more so here than in the Manitoba legislature, is about privilege. I always thought the most significant privilege an elected official had was the ability to communicate, to say what he or she really wants to say inside the chamber, but not outside the chamber. You can always risk saying it outside the chamber, but there's a privilege that's there. When we come to Ottawa, we find out that there are all sorts of other privileges that MPs have.
I'm wondering if you could provide your perspective on what you think are the most important privileges that an individual member of Parliament has.