Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would also like to comment on this particular area. It likely will be a bit of a repeat of what has been said by other Members. In the report and in the recommendation that deals with CBC and Lee Selleck, and under 8.2, a reference that it is, "...a matter of utmost seriousness." And in 8.3, "The actions of Mr. Selleck are a breach of the well-established constitutional privileges of the Assembly and amount to a clear and deliberate contempt of its authority and proceedings." If the actions of a reporter and of the CBC are to be taken seriously here, I do not see a sanction in here. I do not see an action that is being taken. I am not here to judge Mr. Selleck. I am not here to suggest that he was wrong or he was right. There are press obligations and press rights and I respect that very much.
What my point is, is that I find it rather ironic that we went to such a great extent to put together a committee to look at the conflict of interest complaint by the Member for Hay River and in a part of her letter, she felt that a personal comment that the bias was there, yet here, ironically -- and we proceeded with that -- yet here, Mr. Chairman, ironically, we do not proceed with any sanction, yet we seem to say that Mr. Selleck and the CBC have dealt with a breach of the well-established constitutional privileges of this Assembly.
So while we are prepared to proceed with one of our own Members, we are not prepared to proceed with a member of the media. I guess I wonder why.
To me, it leaves a gap and I just do not completely understand that logic. Perhaps it can be explained. Perhaps there is a rationale behind it, but I will just say that I find it rather ironic that we went to such an extent for one of our own Members and then we failed to pursue sanctions for someone else.
I want to repeat I am not suggesting guilt on Mr. Selleck or the CBC because I was not part of the committee that looked into this. Thank you.