Mr. Speaker, my point of order relates to a question of privilege raised by the hon. for Calgary Nose Hill. She highlighted the fact that at least two Liberal members of Parliament were purportedly told that they had better not participate in voting on billions and billions of dollars of expenditures before the House of Commons, because sleep deprived and angry colleagues might make the environment uncomfortable for them. The Speaker said originally that he found that to be hearsay.
I have before me an article that quotes the former president of the Treasury Board, which is published today with her name on it as the source. Therefore, it is not an unnamed source. The article attributes to her the words, “There's much more to the story that needs to be told”. In the same story, she refers to bullying and harassment by the Prime Minister and his team, which she said was directed at the former attorney general. That is found in today's article by Paul Wells, March 21. It is available for the House of Commons.
I do not know, Mr. Speaker, if you need me to table it in both official languages right now or if you can have it translated. However, we can now put to rest the suggestion by the Speaker that it was hearsay, because, of course, the person quoted is the person speaking, and that person is prepared to put her name to her words.