Yes, Mr. Chair, Justice Major certainly did make that point and made it quite well during committee hearings.
I would have to take issue with what the parliamentary secretary said in that we have robust oversight: we have anything but. By the conclusion of this bill we would have anything but robust oversight over all our national security agencies, and witnesses after witness has said they need robust oversight.
I know you've ruled that out of order, Mr. Chair. I don't know whether you'll allow it, but I do have the Conservative Party of Canada 2006 election platform here where it actually committed to—