Mr. Speaker, I am just going to quote what Michel Bédard said at committee when we were seized with the issue of not being able to get documents as called for:
The courts have recognized the existence of the power to send for records and papers. In parliamentary privilege jurisprudence, they have recognized that the exercise of the privilege itself is not something that is subject to court scrutiny. The manner in which the privilege is exercised is for Parliament alone to decide and, in recognizing the power to send for records and papers, they haven't set any limit to this privilege.
I would simply say to the member that the only people who are obstructing the documents from getting to this place and the work of Parliament being done are the Liberal members on the other side of the chamber.