Mr. Speaker, I want to understand what you just said. The Bloc Quebecois leader clearly specified that his question of privilege did not have so much to do with the motion per se, as with the action taken by the government House leader, and I also want speak to this issue.
As you indicated, Motion No. 8 is on the order paper, but the action in itself is highly reprehensible, because it ensures that, by remaining on the order paper, this motion will be a constant threat to all opposition parties for the rest of the session. This is totally unacceptable.
Mr. Speaker, I urge you to take into consideration the fact that the question of privilege raised by the hon. Bloc Quebecois leader does not have so much to do with the motion as with the action taken.
As I said, this measure will have the effect of creating a threat to all parliamentarians in this House, particularly to opposition parties but also to government backbenchers, who should understand that this is an unacceptable and intolerable violation of the privileges of this House and of every parliamentarian.
As the protector of the rights and privileges of independent members, you must take into consideration the fact that Motion No. 8 is also a potential threat to their right to table amendments at report stage.
I would urge you to allow the debate on this question of privilege to continue. Again, the question of privilege is not so much on the motion itself as on the intolerable action taken by the Leader of the Government in the House, who put this motion on the order paper, where it will remain indefinitely, thus posing a threat to our rights.
Moreover, yesterday, in response to the Thursday question about the future business of the House, he announced that this issue would be debated today. For one reason or another, it is not being debated today. When will it be? When will our rights and privileges as parliamentarians be put into question? I am asking you to consider this issue.