Mr. Speaker, yesterday my nomination for a place on the executive of the Interparliamentary Union, commonly known as the junketeer travel club, was denied even though it was acknowledged by the Chair as being in order.
At the same meeting prior to the election procedure and in order to deny my nomination, the constitution of the IPU was changed to allow executive positions only for those who "undertake to promote the aims and objectives of the said interparliamentary organization". This will be a difficult task given that the IPU has no aims or objectives.
The IPU is funded by the House and yet it has muzzled free speech, ignored its own constitution and trashed democracy.
My rights as a parliamentarian have been compromised. The reputation of the House has been sullied and I request that all parliamentarians condemn the actions of the IPU and direct the procedure and House affairs committee to investigate this abuse of process.
Even the communists played with more finesse than the IPU.