Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Speaker of the House of Commons, thank you for being here.
This is an important topic we're discussing right now. I think you know me well, since we sat together for a long time on the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs and the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics.
I've been here for almost five years. Not only have things not changed in terms of free debate in the House of Commons, but now the climate and the abuses are scaring me. I dare say that, as I have students visiting me almost every week. I have a visit coming up later, and I look forward to an information session with them because I am ashamed of our behaviour. If I were to ask you in secret if you are proud of who we are, I am sure that, like all of us, you would say, “not at all, but this is the game”.
How can we respect a relevant and interesting debate, and have the opposition do its job and wait for answers to questions? All of that is the very basis for abuses when it comes to harassment because it continues behind the scenes. We have seen how much control we have over our social networks. We are not there yet. The Sergeant-at-Arms said that there would be between 700 and 800 additional investigations regarding social networks. Are we going 700 to 800 times faster to find solutions? No, we want to keep the tradition.
It's over. Who will be our successors?
From now on, I would like to say that I am proud to be in the House of Commons, but at the end of the day, I could never tell the Bloc Québécois that. In addition, people's behaviour makes no sense. Now that I've said it, it has done me good. I can't wait until the end of the session to recharge my batteries and see where we'll be.
We will submit priorities, perhaps even have a committee and include the notion of member-to-member relationships. However, for the moment, what can we do as a preventive measure to avoid the abuses that are just beginning?
My question is for you, Mr. Speaker. What do you intend to do?