I have Mr. Christopherson and then Mr. Lee on the list.
Before I turn it over to Mr. Christopherson, I do want to caution members not to draw too close a connection between this case and the case that was before the ruling of the Speaker—although we did mention it in the letter. We can take it out, by the way. I would be quite comfortable with taking that out.
The issue before the House involved the supremacy of Parliament to send for persons, papers, or records. Of course, there is the responsibility and expectation of Parliament that it will protect national security interests and negotiations between countries—there's a whole host of such issues—but the fundamental principle set out in our legal counsel's letter was that we had the right. Now, in the case before us, it had absolutely nothing to do with national security. It involved tapes that were actually of a public meeting. It is not a national security issue. So I caution members not to draw too close a connection between that case and the case that's before us, which is extremely simple and basically goes to the heart of whether or not Parliament has these powers.
Having said that, Mr. Christopherson, you have the floor.