Mr. Speaker, my question is for the solicitor general.
If you consider that Michel Robert was appointed to the Quebec Court of Appeal, and if you add to that the fact that Jacques Courtois took ill and Rosemary Brown clearly lost interest, it would appear that the Security Intelligence Review Committee has become virtually inoperable. There is no one monitoring the activities of the Canadian secret service. While the cat is away, the mice will play and the spies will spy.
Does the solicitor general recognize that, for all intents and purposes, the Security Intelligence Review Committee is not functional and that there is therefore an urgent need to fill the vacancy and replace members who are no longer interested in carrying out their responsibilities?