Mr. Speaker, I want to make three points. It always worries me when each and every time in the House an individual stands on a question of privilege that the government immediately stands and makes a defence as though it is the government that is being charged with a question of privilege.
When individuals in the House stand on questions of privilege, it is not just the individual they are referring to but it is a question of privilege for all members of the House. The government should take note of that. Each and every time a question of privilege arises, the government House leader seems to take it upon himself as if it was some kind of personal question against the government.
The House leader of the government also indicated that this was an issue of two members. It is not. I understand this is an issue of a member of parliament and a member of the Senate.
Third, Mr. Speaker, if you are to consider this at all, I do believe you have to question whether the legal fees of the individual from the Senate are being paid by the Senate or in fact by the individual. This, to me, makes a differentiation between whether this is a Senate-House of Commons issue or a person who happens to work in the Senate.