Madam Speaker, yesterday the government House leader of the Liberal government went on a CBC program and purported that the government had handed over all of the documents to the parliamentary law clerk and that, therefore, this matter could be simply referred to the procedure and House affairs committee.
The member, my colleague on PROC, will recall that the parliamentary law clerk appeared before our committee today. I asked him whether the member's representations were accurate, and he confirmed that they were not. He confirmed that the government continues to withhold documents and has submitted other documents that had been redacted. What does it say about the government when not only is it obstructing the will of the House but also the government House leader is actively and willfully misrepresenting the facts?