Mr. Speaker, I do not think the member from the Bloc Québécois was listening to my speech because I dealt with that issue head on.
In 2011, when the government of the day refused to hand over documents, there was a privilege debate in the House of Commons. An election was called, and we went to the people for a mandate. What did the people do? They gave the government a majority mandate. Ultimately the people have the highest power in the land, and they chose to give that government a majority. That is something I do not think the Liberals would be willing to do.
The Liberals would not be willing to test the confidence of the Canadian people in an election to decide whether they are right or wrong in withholding these documents, yet they are in Parliament without a majority mandate. It has been three years now since the last election, an election during which we were not discussing this issue, and they have refused to provide the documents. They have defied the will of Parliament, and it is unacceptable. They should either turn over the documents or call an election.