I think, again, hypocritically, Mr. Brock was upset by my points of order, but he does the exact same thing. I guess he can sit in his hypocrisy.
Again, I look forward to him talking about how great a colleague Arnold is, yet he will use all of that time to prevent him from coming to testify. This is the standard. I have yet to see a private member's bill on which the sponsor doesn't come to testify.
On Bill S-210, even after the filibuster finally broke down—Mr. Viersen came to filibuster it himself—and we had the sponsor from the Senate come to testify to the bill, Mrs. Vecchio, who I believe was the House of Commons sponsor of that bill, was prevented from testifying. Again, the Conservatives are preventing one of their members from testifying at committee.
Mr. Brock, what I'm talking about is you having interventions in the House of Commons. I'm taking those and putting them here and into my remarks. Again, you are critical of the Prime Minister, but you're doing the exact same thing. Why don't you call...? I'm sure you will devote a large percentage of your time to talking about how great Mr. Viersen is and how he should come to testify.
Again, Mr. Brock claims.... I believe it to be true, because he spent his career as a prosecutor—he likes to mention it frequently—standing up for victims and fighting the good fight. I believe that, but again, this is the process. I know he's new-ish to this place, but he's been here long enough to know that sponsors testify. If it's a government bill, the minister testifies, and we go through the process. Why, in this one case...? What does he not trust Arnold to say? Why doesn't Mr. Barlow trust him? Why doesn't Mr. Van Popta trust him? Why doesn't Mr. Chambers trust him? I know Mr. Barlow just got here, to be fair to Mr. Barlow.
Free Arnold Viersen. Where is he? Why is there the lack of trust? Is he even in the city? Again, let's call him.
Perhaps I can move for unanimous consent, if we want to get this going quickly, to call Mr. Viersen as a witness in this study after the votes this afternoon.