Mr. Speaker, I want to challenge my hon. colleague on that last point, because we had former high-level CSIS executives saying, on the position the Leader of the Opposition is taking right now, that there is no reasonable justification for it.
We have Wesley Wark, who has advised both Liberal and Conservative governments, saying that it is nonsensical. We are not talking about a gag order here; we are talking about the ability of a leader to take action within his or her caucus. That is what it is all about.
If we do have members of Parliament who are compromised, leaders have an incredible amount of power in their caucus. They can prevent MPs from sitting on certain committees. They can prevent them from running again as members under a party banner.
Again, through you, why does the leader of the Conservative Party think he knows better than former CSIS executives?