Madam Speaker, I listened closely to my colleague's speech. The Bloc Québécois agrees with the privilege motion we are discussing today. The government needs to be transparent. It has to be accountable and provide the information we need to be able to make decisions. That is our role.
My colleague speaks as though the Conservative Party of Canada is full of people who are always honest who have never had any problems. We know that Quebec's motto is “I remember”. I would like to remind members of some noteworthy things that happened when the Conservative Party was in power. Today, it is in the opposition. Conservatives seem to think they are perfect and have a monopoly on common sense. I will remind them what common sense means.
In 2009, Richard Colvin, a former Canadian diplomat, had information on Afghan detainees transferred by Canada who were at risk of being tortured. We are talking about human rights; it is not a trivial matter. The Harper government, at the time, refused to give parliamentarians access to those documents. The same question of privilege we are discussing today was raised then. The Harper government refused to conduct independent inquiries. Peter Milliken, who was the Speaker of the House at the time, finally authorized the transfer of documents because everything had been redacted. We had access to nothing. It is funny, when the Conservatives are in opposition, they are the ones who are masters of transparency.
I would like my colleague to explain to me how Quebeckers and Canadians can have confidence in them given this disastrous record.