Mr. Speaker, I will emphasize that this is nothing more than a political game the Conservatives are playing, at a very expensive cost. I want to pick up on the member's quote when he says, “to do what is right”. That is what we are asking the Conservative leader of Canada to do: to do what is right. To take another quote from the member, he says Canadians deserve it, and he, again, is right. Canadians do deserve to know why the Conservative leader today is refusing to get the security clearance.
Why is he putting his political party ahead of the interest of the nation? That is a legitimate question, and we have yet to hear any argument as to why and how the leader of the Conservative party is justifying that behaviour by refusing. The leaders of the Bloc, the Greens and the NDP, as well as, obviously, the Prime Minister, all have that security clearance.
What is the Conservative Party scared of? They owe an answer, a credible answer, to Canadians. What is it?