Mr. Speaker, of course, it is a long-standing government policy, predating this government, to provide legal assistance to such individuals.
I cannot let the previous comment pass about the so-called party of principle over there. We put to the Supreme Court the question about abolishing the Senate, and what happened? NDP governments went to court to argue against it.
The NDP's problem is it has not had the chance to name any senators, and it is never going to get any chances.