Mr. Speaker, I truly appreciate the question that has been put forward. Canadians as a whole have great expectations of their legislators. They want us to do the right thing on issues of this nature and on all things.
In this particular case of privilege, I have tried in the best way I can to simplify it. We have a conviction. The law is clear that upon conviction, the member needs to be expelled. It is only the House that can actually expel the member. We can give a vote of confidence to our election laws by having that vote today.
We need to reinforce the importance of our election laws. We, as legislators, need to follow the law.