Mr. Speaker, in the spirit of the season and in the spirit of truth telling, there is a difference. When the member gets up and says that the government is guilty of McCarthyism and then makes an oblique reference to perhaps other parties at some time having done something wrong, that is not the spirit of the season. That is not reconciliation. That is not reaching out his hand.
I welcome the member's kind spirit that he offers here, but the fact remains this is a question for the committee, and I hope we will see the same spirit reign at committee.