Fundamentally, the issue we are faced with today is the freedom of speech, the ability to speak out on an issue, including in this case, to question a witness in front of a committee, even when that questioning is going to overlap the very issues that are involved in the civil lawsuit that has been brought against the member for West Nova.
Essentiellement, l'enjeu d'aujourd'hui est la liberté d'expression, la capacité de s'exprimer sur une question, y compris dans le cas qui nous occupe, et la capacité de poser des questions à un témoin qui comparaît devant un comité, même si ces questions recoupent les points de la poursuite civile intentée contre le député de Nova-Ouest.