In my opinion, if you had 500 guests, you'd have to do the background on 500 guests. We didn't know that this gentleman was being recognized by the Speaker. We do the physical security. We do a database check to see if they're a risk to our parliamentarians or to Parliament itself. The reputational check on 500 people would take weeks, if ever we were mandated to do it.
On February 13th, 2024. See this statement in context.