Yes, all the experts. We had 25 hearings on the issue. We had more hearings on this one issue than we had on the combination of dealing with the throne speech, the budget, the privatization of our railroads and half a dozen other things put together.
What, in its wisdom, did the committee conclude? It concluded there was not a case of contempt of Parliament.
That the actions of the member for Charlesbourg did not constitute a breach of parliamentary privilege.
But that does not mean the hon. member should be congratulated for what he did. Quite the contrary. Many, myself included, disapproved of the content of the press release. I feel that the member acted imprudently in sending out a press release like this, but this is not to say that his actions constituted a breach of
privilege, something which has a very specific meaning. We all approached the matter from this perspective.
Certain Reform Party members even asked some highly relevant questions in committee.
For example, I am thinking about the colonel, the member for Saanich-Gulf Islands, who himself asked some questions. He also spoke to the committee about what was relevant, and what was not. Some Reform Party members even told us that they were not talking about sedition or about a call to arms. I heard some Reform members say this. We saw that, at some point, the focus shifted.