Mr. Speaker, I have no intention of withdrawing the remark because I was not wrong.
It is the Prime Minister who appoints the whip who exercises that power on behalf of the Prime Minister and it is that power that I think is ultimately destructive. Whips can pull people from committees. In fact, they did that just recently, just in the last Parliament. I have to disagree with the hon. member.
While I am on my feet, one of the other things the government could do is take the parliamentary secretaries off the committees.