Mr. Speaker, I have asked this question of several Conservative members today and none of them seem to want to answer it. They try to deflect and they try to suggest why it is still the government's fault.
In the member's speech, he never once spoke about the president of the Public Health Agency of Canada despite the fact that he is the one who is being called before the bar to be properly lectured to by the Speaker. He is the one who is being summoned before Parliament should this motion pass.
Could the member explain to the House why he focused his entire speech talking about the failings of the government with respect to this, yet the motion that is before the House does not reference calling the government, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Health, any government official or cabinet minister before the bar? Could he explain to us why the motion has been crafted in such a way as to not hold those accountable that every single Conservative speech today has said are accountable?