Mr. Speaker, there is some pretzel twisting we have to do to follow the logic of the question from the hon. colleague.
I will just let Canadians know how this works, basically. He was found in contempt by a vote of Parliament. It was a minority Parliament for Stephen Harper and the Conservatives, and I was a member of the Conservative Party. We had 124 members of Parliament. We do not have any natural allies here. We are the only political entity in the chamber that is actually on one side of the political spectrum. All the other political parties lean heavily to the other side of the spectrum, so they can make any motion, any fabrication they want and pass it, because they will have the numbers to do so any time the Conservatives are in a minority scenario.
To follow up on the rest of the member's question, I was here and it was a kangaroo court. I watched the whole thing. Was it parliamentary? Yes. Was it actually contempt? No, there was no contempt.
I appreciate the fact that the NDP has not folded up its tent and gone home yet on this. However, to answer the question that my colleague actually asked, I mean, at any point in time the NDP could change its tune and allow the government off the hook. If she wants to hold the Liberal Prime Minister to contempt, I suggest she try a unanimous consent motion and see what happens.
