Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. This motion is news to me. I did prepare what I'm about to say hastily and I want to say, you know, that words that were mentioned here, you know, that were referred -- that everybody's referring to were in no way, shape, or form meant to be a physical threat. And if I scared anybody, I am truly sorry from the bottom of my heart.

This has all been twisted all out of context, all of it. I am a very passionate person when it comes to my work. I'm fiery. I'm militant. If I see unjust things come happen around me, I report it. Throughout my service in public service, I have put my body and my mind in harm's way, and I'll never stop doing that.

The Member for Thebacha had a well-worded motion, and she had plenty of time to prepare and think about this, and so did some of my colleagues as well. I'm going to speak to you from the heart. I wrote a few notes. But I want to say something that really hold true, something happened recently. Like, I watched an interview with Oprah Winfrey and Adele. And Adele said something that really rung with me and I put it on my social media, you know. One thing she said is we are now living in a "gotcha culture." Everything we do or say now nowadays is watched, recorded, and judged to the nth degree. And I think with me, that's -- I think that also is applicable.

You know, we talk about prima facie here, and we always have to remember context. And so much of what I've said was just taken out of context. And again, it was never meant to intimidate anybody. That was never my intent. And people who know me personally know that I would never do anything like -- like, do hurt -- harm anybody. That's just -- I would never do that. And I want to make that clear here today.

And it appears though, like, what I said was weaponized, like used as a political tool and the RCMP became involved, and they spoke to me. And I made it clear to them as well this was not -- this was just merely a political statement and not physical. And they accepted that, and it was unfounded and we let it go, and we walked away.

But I should say that the RCMP should not be used as a political instrument. But I could see now from listening to some of the comments, I could see why I had to be spoken to, and that's -- that is fair. And again, I will say again what I said was regrettable, and I apologize for that. I wish I could take it back. I'll follow that, and I will take what consequences you have here but I believe that removal from my seat here is overkill.

It hasn't happened in any legislature in Canada or the Commonwealth as far as I can -- as I know, but I'll have to fact-check that.

And Mr. Speaker, the Member for Thebacha mentioned that this -- something along the lines that this whole thing was predetermined, and I believe it was.

You know, two weeks ago, a staff Member sent out an email to clerks across the country seeking wording on a removal or suspension from the Legislative Assembly. So there was already works in the -- there was already work underway. And I have proof of that.

And I have to say this whole process - and I'm referring to the inquiries that I've been involved with - were just blown way out of proportion. It was predetermined.

And we still have staff in this building assaulting a sitting Member, a Criminal Code offence. This has never been addressed yet. There is double standards that still go on in this building. And I have to say with this inquiry I've never felt white privilege and I felt there was racism involved with the adjudicator and the lawyer, Laprairie, Mr. Laprairie. And coming from the adjudicator, I'm going to tell you something. I'd like to say something as well --