Mr. Speaker, I would like to return to the Ouellet case where he said something derogatory about a judge outside this House, goes through the whole court process and is found in contempt of court.
The question is: Should he be allowed to come back into this place or into a committee and deal with that in this place? Is this the appropriate forum for him to do that because it involves him personally? He was held in contempt of court. Should he be allowed to come into the House of Commons or into a committee and, for his own personal advantage perhaps, try to persuade the House of Commons to do a resolution, like it is now, and notwithstanding what the judge said, pass a resolution that will overrule that. Conceivably, that could happen.
Under the current law, Commissioner Dawson, I believe, if we follow the rationale in the scandal of the hon. member for West Nova, would simply say no, that he cannot do that. Under the resolution that is being suggested now, he can. He can come back into this place and take advantage of his position as a member of Parliament to try to persuade Parliament or even a committee to change the decision of the court or for some other reason, for his own personal advantage.
The question is--