I wish to thank all the hon. members who spoke today, especially the hon. member for Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, who has raised the question: What about the integrity and honour of this House?
I must admit that I am becoming less patient by the day. This is the second time this week that the same issue has been raised. Today, neither the hon. member for Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot nor any other member named names; they just referred to members of this or that political party.
I would like to make a suggestion, which is more than a suggestion really.
I would like the House procedure committee to address this matter as soon as possible. I would like some kind of recommendation to come forth to the House.
I have said on so many occasions that I do not have the power needed to curtail this type of thing. Collectively members of parliament have this power.
As a first step, and I would like this done urgently, I want the procedure committee to deal with this issue and I would like some suggestions. I do not like to go to the next step right away, but unless there are some suggestions forthcoming for the protection of all of us, then at that time I may consider just to have a debate in the House to find out what we will do as a House.
One hon. member brought up a very strong point. I do not know if this is possible at this juncture, but the question is in my mind, as it must be in yours.
If a court of law can put a ban on publication on certain materials and it is upheld, why can the highest court in the country not do something? I put that as a question, only as a question. But I wish that first the procedure committee would have a look at it post haste and we will wait and see what the outcome of that is.
But my patience, like yours, is wearing a bit thin, for all of us as members. We do our work and I think that in honour we should have the decency not to leak these papers for one-upmanship. I do not like the word undersold. I do not like the word scoop. We are parliamentarians and we are going to do our duty as we see fit. I want this to be done as soon as possible.