Mr. Speaker, the former prime minister Stephen Harper was the only prime minister in the history of Canada, in fact, in the entire British Commonwealth, to be held in contempt of Parliament. His parliamentary secretary at the time was the leader of the Conservative Party today. Nothing has changed. The leader of the Conservative Party today feels he can borderline be in contempt of this institution by playing this multi-million dollar filibuster game. Outside the chamber, he is the only leader who does not recognize he has a moral responsibility to get security clearance so we can deal with the issue of foreign interference in a better way.
Foreign interference is such a serious issue. We have seen people murdered. We have seen all forms of extortion. We have seen political manipulation that goes right to the leaderships of political parties, including the Conservative Party, yet we still have one leader in the House of Commons today, the Conservative leader, who refuses to get the security clearance to become informed. What is the leader of the Conservative Party hiding from Canadians? Why will he not come clean and tell us why he really refuses to get that security clearance?