Mr. Speaker, June 2 will be my 10th anniversary as a member of this House. I have always worked hard, passionately and with great determination.
During question period, we ask honest questions. We are now spending $6.1 billion on a mission, and we support our troops, yet we have a minister who says that it costs a certain amount of money, then comes back the next day and says that it costs twice as much, so I think it makes sense to ask about that during question period.
I invoke Standing Order 18. The government whip cast aspersions on my passion and my patriotism by calling me an idiot. He said:
“Tell that to the troops we are supporting, you idiot”.
I would ask the government whip, who often gets carried away, to withdraw his comment.