Mr. Speaker, I have said that the WE scandal is the dumbest political scandal in history. I think the only thing dumber is the government's response.
We will not participate in a Liberal-run committee because we have participated in Liberal-run committees and we have seen how they have shut down our work. They shut down the SNC-Lavalin inquiry. They shut down finance. However, the idea that they can threaten us with an election to make this go away is really preposterous.
I have work to get done at ethics committee. I was willing to share it with the committee, but we will do this work one way or the other. I offered to pull off, as friendly amendment to get the Liberals to work with us, on the Prime Minister's family. We offered to change that amendment. The Liberals talked the clock out.
If the Liberals do not show good faith, we can still go back to our committees. We can still demand documents, which we are willing to pull back on in order to get them to work. We will get this information one way or the other unless the Prime Minister decides to go to Rideau Hall. That is the only way he will stop our work. Whether they have a committee or not, our committees will do the work.
What does my hon. colleague think the Liberals are up to in thinking they can intimidate us into not getting answers?