I'm going to stop the clock for a moment.
I want to apologize to the committee. Ms. Sitsabaiesan raised a question of privilege and I may have advised the committee something that was incorrect. I do have the right to rule on a question of privilege. The committee has to agree with me or not agree with me. If the committee agrees with me, then it goes as a motion to the House.
On her particular question of privilege, I wouldn't have ruled in her favour. But I did slightly mislead the committee, and I just want to be clear on that. I have the capability of ruling on a question of privilege, but it does have to go to the Speaker.
According to O'Brien and Bosc:
The Chair of a committee does not have the power to rule on questions of privilege; only the Speaker has that power. If a Member wishes to raise a question of privilege during a committee meeting or an incident arises in connection with the committee’s proceedings that may constitute a breach of privilege, the committee Chair allows the Member to explain the situation. The Chair then determines whether the question raised in fact relates to parliamentary privilege. If the Chair determines that the question does relate to parliamentary privilege, the committee may then consider presenting a report on the question to the House.
I apologize. I wasn't quite accurate in saying I didn't have the right to rule on it. Well, I was right and wrong.
You still have about a minute and a half.
Mr. Dykstra has a point of order.