Madam Speaker, we know that a request has been made to produce documents for the RCMP.
The RCMP, if it wishes, has the ability to obtain a warrant to go out and get information and conduct investigations. In contrast, the only power the House has is granted it through Speaker's rulings or committee recommendations.
The role of the opposition parties is different from that of, say, the RCMP. Our role is to hold the government to account and to let the public know where things stand, and this burden is perhaps different from that of a criminal investigation where the RCMP might get involved.
I would like my colleague to talk about the importance of the role the opposition parties play in the House and the fact that the government is not making it possible for us to carry out that role.