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.
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.