Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague, but unfortunately, what has happened is the Prime Minister's contempt for due process has undermined both the Privacy Commissioner and Mr. Therrien himself. The members refused to allow him time to answer simple questions about conflict of interest, about his expertise and about data sharing.
Canadians are looking to the Privacy Commissioner to stand up for their rights. Today, at committee, Mr. Therrien said that even he agreed that the government's widespread assault on privacy rights should be held in abeyance until he could get up to speed to review the legislation.
Would the Conservatives at least agree to that?