Madam Speaker, of course the parliamentary secretary is ignoring his own actions and his government's own actions. Let us follow his argument all the way through.
The NDP asked to be given official party status to make sure they get the same rights. However, that is not how it works. It is a question of numbers and how many members they sent to the House. The Liberal government has said that.
We are sure that over the last 10 years of their government, the Liberals have said that committees are important and are the master of their own destiny, and that the House will respect what committees have to say. What has been the change? The change is that the Liberals do not have a majority, and they do not want to respect what happened at committee.