It is a game. It is a cheap political trick from members opposite. Canadians will know that is all it is.
The Leader of the Opposition, with a straight face, told us a few minutes ago that the matter could not be referred to committee because nothing would ever come of it, so he said. His seatmate brought a motion to a committee concerning the singing of the national anthem and it is thanks to that motion we are actually doing it.
How could the Leader of the Opposition have so little confidence in his own colleagues sitting on that committee, including the member who got a motion through committee in the last parliament concerning the singing of the national anthem? Or, was it that deep down the Leader of the Opposition knew the truth was a little different? I say this respectfully.