Mr. Chair, we know the motion that we have been discussing and debating here for over the better part of a week now. To bring a question of privilege to the committee about something a member of the media has written, I have already stated it is absolutely within their right. The media has a right to interpret and to report in any way, shape, or form their assessment of a situation. It is certainly not the prerogative or the privilege or the right of a parliamentary committee, or any committee, to sanction the words that the media write or speak. To introduce that now as somehow being relevant to the point before us, the extension of 30 days that we're asking for in this motion, is totally irrelevant. It is not relevant to the discussion. It's another tactic, if you will, and, I might add, a very weak tactic. It's not based on any fundamental principles of the freedom of speech that we have in our country. To now say let's start translating newspaper articles or reported articles in the media so that we can discuss them is totally out of the scope of this motion and what we're discussing here at this committee.
On June 13th, 2013. See this statement in context.