I didn't pick this up earlier, but colleagues, I would put it to you that to abridge our fellow members' parliamentary privilege is not something we just do on a whim. I know that many of you are new to this place, but it doesn't sit right with me that we, as members of this committee, are going to automatically say, “Your rights as a parliamentarian are abridged by virtue of this bill.” I wish we had better precedents for this.
I understand what the drafters are trying to do. I understand that, but you're coming right up against centuries of rights for parliamentarians to do our job, and it's not sitting well with me.