Madam Speaker, the speech by my friend and colleague, the member for Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, was a thoughtful one on the Liberals' latest scandal, the green slush fund. I was happy to hear him make reference to the specious arguments based on the charter that the Liberals are now advancing late in the day to justify their non-compliance with a perfectly legitimate order of Parliament.
The member left us with no doubt about what he thinks of the arguments, but my question is more about timing and procedure. The time to have raised the arguments would have been in advance of the order's having been made in June, as referenced by the Speaker in his ruling.
What can my colleague say about the timing of the procedures and about how the Liberals are now using a specious argument to hide behind?