Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I rise to respond to a question of privilege raised by a member of the second opposition party who was wondering about my absence from the House. First, I would like to set the record straight. It was not my decision to be away from the House. The circumstances that

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, on December 13, 2018, at the end of the very last sitting of the House before the long Christmas adjournment, the hon. NDP member for Skeena—Bulkley Valley raised another question of privilege about me. At that time, the NDP member had the following information in h

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, on December 11, you made the following statement: ...the presence...in the Chamber is largely a function of politics, not procedure or law. Politics is certainly a part of all this, but there can be no doubt that, at all times, I acted, I worked and, above all—le

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I continued to work, I fought for my constituents, I worked to save lives, and I made a $100,000-donation. If anyone can do better in my circumstances, I would ask them to walk the talk and prove it.