Mr. Speaker, House of Commons Procedure and Practice, first edition, explicitly states that when the governing party holds a majority in the House, it also holds a majority in all parliamentary committees. There is therefore a well-established tradition in our Canadian parliamentary system that when a party has a majority in the House, it also has a majority in committee.
I would like to ask my colleague why it is so important to uphold traditions and principles for the proper functioning of our Westminster-style system of government.