Mr. Speaker, I felt compelled to rise today because of the member's speech. I really appreciate the speech he gave.
I want to apologize to him on behalf of the House for the comments he endured during question period today. They were beyond the pale of anything I have seen in the House so far, and he did not deserve that. Frankly, I think the Speaker should have the member who made those comments, a minister of the government, removed from the House for a period of time for saying heinous things about another member that are, frankly, untrue.
I will ask a question, because it is incumbent upon me to ask a question at this point in time.
The member knows both what is required to be a member of Parliament as far as a security clearance goes and what is required by the military regarding security clearances. Does he think anything could be accomplished, outside of muzzling the leader of His Majesty's loyal opposition in the questions he gets to ask the government, without the security clearance the Leader of the Opposition already has? He is just playing his constitutional role.