Mr. Speaker, we are not talking about internal committee procedures but the responsibility of the House with regard to House rules.
If we look at the figures of the 34th Parliament, the third party received no less than 11 vice-chairs or even chairs. It is hard to believe that the Mulroney Tories would have a greater sense of fair play than the Liberals, especially when the now minister of immigration said in 1987: "The secret ballot offers members of Parliament an opportunity to do what is right for this country"-