What I'd like to say is, if you want to attack me for what I've said, then put your BlackBerrys down, take note of what I said, and stop telling me what I said when I didn't say it.
I'm not defending Shane Doan. I'm not saying that I chose him as the best man for the team. I'm telling you what I think they will say. I was very clear about that: what I think they will say.
In sharing that, I think we should be able to have a discussion here. I'm not attacking any of you. I am simply discussing the motion, as we're supposed to be doing.
How do you respond? You get louder. You attack. You say things I didn't say, or you interpret them in ways I did not say them. To me that is not fruitful discussion. If you want to discuss a motion, then let's discuss the motion. I don't need a five-minute lecture on the official languages committee and what we do here. That's not what I was calling into question.
That's the point I want to make. Thank you.