I have a quick comment on that.
I was caught up in that as well. I was newly elected. I was at the Westin Hotel, and was not allowed to cross the street. I was told by the Ottawa police in no uncertain terms I could not cross. Now granted, I didn't turn around and do the old, “Do you know who I am?” deal. I suspect if I had it would have gotten me nowhere, such as was the case with many other members.
The scuttlebutt at the time—and I don't know if this is true or not, but nevertheless it's worth addressing—was that the presidential delegation had said that nobody had access within a certain distance, effectively quashing our privilege.
My question is going to be, and this is probably not the place, but maybe at some point, I want to say, “What if...?” As Mr. Christopherson pointed out, this all comes down to when these people visit, heads of state or similar, like the Pope, if they look at, say, the Prime Minister's protocol, or whoever the people are working in the PMO and say they don't want anybody coming into these areas because of security reasons, do we remind them that we as members have a privilege? I'm not looking for an answer now, but at some point I think it should be addressed. What do we respond with? I don't know.