I plan to use my time to make a comment, Mr. Chair.
I've been sitting here for an hour, watching Conservatives utilize witnesses in this room to advance their own political partisan narrative and for potential gain that they perceive.
Don't point at him or anybody on this side....
My reference on that was specifically about Mr. Duncan and the way he's been engaging with the witnesses.
Listen, what I can tell you is that Mr. Duncan and Conservatives, and perhaps the Bloc, are unwilling to accept the reality that a date was chosen based on what the witnesses have told us. I've been sitting here, and they've said it was based on trying to observe religious holidays and getting as close as possible to the actual date. We all heard the same thing, and then somehow Mr. Duncan interprets that to be something completely different, which is completely false, so he's just trying to drive the narrative that they've been setting up.
I know I don't have to defend the NDP. They can do that on their own, but when the NDP decide to say, “Oh yeah, you know what? Maybe the Conservatives have raised a good point; we didn't recognize this and we agree that it should change,” Mr. Duncan's response is, “Well, you knew all along, so now you're trying to save face.” It's absolutely ludicrous and ridiculous, and Eric will sit here and demonstrate this kind of behaviour over and over to try to illustrate this point.
What I can guarantee you of, Mr. Duncan, is that there's never been a Liberal Party member who has been taken away in shackles and handcuffs for violating the Elections Act, okay? I do recall a Conservative in that position, so with all due respect—