Mr. Speaker, if the hon. member had been here at the beginning of my speech he would have noticed that hon. members on the subcommittee have basically ignored the gag orders, as has the hon. member opposite, and we are being reported in the newspapers. Frankly, our confidentiality has been completely compromised. We asked that this emergency debate not occur but it has occurred.
In my view the ability of the subcommittee to produce a meaningful report with confidentiality restrictions is completely shot. I feel betrayed and disappointed that we cannot conduct the subcommittee in that matter.
To finish off, all of us were affected by the lives that we saw. The undercurrent of violence is always there and the threat to our democratic life is profound and it is real.
The subcommittee is not ready to report and this evening's debate and the compromise by members opposite of these gag orders will make our report very problematic. I am quite disappointed in the ultimate result.
This is an enormous and significant problem. It goes to the very root of our democratic way of life. People in good faith could arrive at some meaningful legislative responses and the couple of suggestions I put forward with respect to 467 and with respect to the ever-expanding definitions of relevance are areas we should seriously explore. I think that members in good faith could well arrive at some reasonable resolution of this matter and prepare a useful and a meaningful response for Canadians.