Madam Speaker, I do believe there is a pattern here, a pattern of contempt for Parliament from the Government of Canada. I am often shocked at the lack of knowledge the government has about Parliament and its function within our system. The member notes the government's failure to provide the documents ordered to be given to the health committee. We are now seized with the issue of the documents the government has refused to give to the Special Committee on Canada-China Relations.
I can point to another example that came to my attention recently, which is the fact that someone in the government thought it appropriate in the 2021-22 departmental plans for the NSICOP Secretariat to list its core responsibility as parliamentary review when the act itself says it is not a committee of Parliament. On and on the list goes.
It speaks to institutions that are much weakened and that are struggling to keep up. It should be a wake-up call for all of us about the need to strengthen and reform these institutions so they can serve Canadians in a much stronger fashion than they have been in recent months.