Mr. Speaker, this is a matter the essence of which has already been ruled on by Mr. Speaker. I am surprised that it is being raised again because we know this is not a case in which the chair of that committee, the hon. member for Ottawa—Vanier, had a personal pecuniary interest. He was acting on behalf of the committee. Obviously he is not a member of the bar. He could not have gone and argued the case himself, so he is not receiving money himself.
In fact when he rose in the House, that is the usual practice of chairs of committees; they stand and table the report and a few minutes later they ask for concurrence in the report. Those are the responsibilities of the chair of the committee. We see it here on a regular basis, as you know, Mr. Speaker.
This is not a case where he was acting on his own behalf, but purely on behalf of the committee and in his duties as chair of that committee. In my view the substance and pith of this has been ruled on already.