Thanks, Mr. Chair. I just want to add a few things.
I just want to make it very clear from the Liberal side in this committee that two or three times now the word “filibuster” has been used by the parliamentary secretary. There's no filibuster here. We've all been working very well on this for months, so it's unreasonable to make that suggestion. I am sure Mr. Laframboise is capable of saying the same thing--he just said it.
Secondly, Mr. Chair, I would draw a distinction between your comment earlier about you speaking on behalf of this committee and an officer and employee of the House of Commons relaying the legal opinion from two colleagues. We will agree to disagree on this, I'm sure. I don't think it's third party or hearsay.
I'm not sure if we're going to make progress on this, but we may want to set this aside until we have an opportunity to hear from the two named parties in this note.