Mr. Speaker, the executive control of Parliament is a long-standing issue. I do not want to disappoint the member but it did not start with the present government. It is something that we as parliamentarians had to deal with for probably centuries.
However, this goes beyond that. This is a situation where the people in the Privy Council feel that they can now take it upon themselves to tell Parliament the roles, procedures and duties to be followed in parliamentary committees.
To repeat what I said before, if people in the House allow that to happen, then we may as well all pack our bags and go home because there will be nothing further for us to do.