Thank you.
Like I said, I'm not surprised. It's going to continue to happen. I'm going to be interrupted quite a lot because that was the intention of the original motion. It's not for the fact that Mr. MacGregor moved an amendment. The original motion made no mention of our study on foreign interference in India.
I believe Mr. MacGregor is very sincere in wanting to continue that study. Unfortunately, the Conservatives have brought forward a motion with zero mention of it. They then want to say that they care too, until the writing is here in front of us in black and white. Their intentions are very clear.
It is a huge disservice to the testimony we've heard, along with the serious nature of the allegations. The fact is that the Conservatives have yet to ask a question about the allegations of India's involvement in extortion, a murder and other violence, while undermining our democratic institutions by purporting disinformation and misinformation. The Conservatives have yet to ask a single question in this study, so it should be of no surprise to any Canadian that they would like to program away from this.
The other component, which I was speaking to before I was interrupted, again, shouldn't be any surprise. The fact is that witness after witness actually confirmed what I think we all knew and felt, which is that if a leader of an opposition party wants to be prime minister one day and wants to stand up for the safety and security of Canadians, they should also want to get security clearance so they can be properly briefed. I think we had CSIS and others confirm that in order to get a proper briefing on the full extent of the foreign interference by the Indian government, security clearance was the best way to get it.
It's incredibly cynical of politics and politicians that as soon as the Conservatives start being criticized, instead of diving into these allegations, they want to change the channel, change the subject. Then they raise points of order suggesting a filibuster.
Again, I am not going to apologize for standing up for our communities.
I think Conservatives should be made to feel very uncomfortable for their actions today, and I'm sure their constituents will let them know, but that's on them.