Thank you very much, Chair.
I appreciate that colleagues acknowledge the fact that we did refer this matter to the House of Commons and, because of the number of concurrence motions, over 600, it wouldn't have been possible for us to get this on the Order Paper within the days that we have left in Parliament.
When I rose to get unanimous consent, it was very clear from, at least one section of the House, that unanimous consent was not going to be given. I think it's really important that part of our job here as parliamentarians in this committee is to give a voice to the voiceless, people who aren't yet represented in Parliament. I think it's really important.
If we want to talk about a stunt, a stunt is printing up a manifesto that's illegal in another part of the country and walking it into a committee so that you have it as an attack on a witness, as opposed to what some people claimed was an emotional response. I want to know which Conservative staffer printed that thing up so that Mr. Cooper could have it. That's a really egregious thing to bring into the justice committee.
It is very important for Canadians to know that we are here to stand up for their interests. It is unacceptable for a member to attack witnesses who come here to provide their testimony. It is time for anything quoted from the manifesto from Christchurch, New Zealand, and the section of the recording pertaining to those comments, to be stricken from the records.
This is simply closing the loop.