Mr. Speaker, I have before me some information that will be very troubling to you concerning the conduct of the chair of the Standing Committee on Ethics.
Before I go into that information, I would like to read a quote. In his ruling of May 5, 1987, Speaker Fraser stated:
The privileges of a Member are violated by any action which might impede him or her in the fulfillment of his or her duties and functions.
Today, I rise to inform you of such an incident where my privileges were violated by a chair who took action to impede me from fulfilling my duties and functions as an associate member of that committee.
The matter relates to a motion which was moved by--