Of course I introduced legislation to that effect. Monsieur Ménard, Mr. Comartin, my former colleague, Irwin Cotler, all worked very hard, as did Mr. Sorenson and others, in relation to the creation of such a committee. I introduced legislation just before we were defeated in the House last November--painful event as that was. I introduced legislation last year, and while there was not unanimous agreement on all aspects of it--and Mr. Comartin or Mr. Ménard might speak to this--I think we worked conscientiously in an all-party fashion, House of Commons and Senate, to put forward a piece of legislation creating a parliamentary oversight mechanism similar to that in the United Kingdom, where you would have parliamentarians come together in a non-partisan way, because national security is not a partisan issue. You would in fact create an all-party committee the members of which take a special oath, so they have access to sensitive information, and they work in such a way that they are able to provide an additional, and I think important, degree of oversight in relation to national security agencies and activities.
On November 28th, 2006. See this statement in context.