Mr. Speaker, I realize that on certain questions of privilege or on certain points of information there is always a chance we could debate such issues as the efficacy of some policy or whatever, but this question of privilege does not deal with that.
The question of privilege brought forth by the hon. member deals specifically with the contradiction between an answer to a question on the order paper and information gathered through access to information channels.
When you review this question of privilege, Mr. Speaker, I believe you will see that one is in complete contradiction to the other. It is not a matter of debate of policy or a debate on the issues. That would be just a political argument.
I would argue there is enough question, based on the evidence when you look at it, that you would allow the hon. member to put the appropriate question, which is to refer it to a committee to have it properly examined.
I realize the government member says that we can write to him. Of course that is what the question on the order paper was already about.
There is enough question now as to the answer and the veracity of the answer that I would hope a committee of parliament could examine it to see what is at the bottom of these two obviously conflicting arguments. One is from access to information and the other is from the answer to the question on the order paper.