Mr. Speaker, with all due respect to the whip of the opposition party, where Standing Order 53 says that proceedings on any such motion may proceed, that would be in the case if the opposition were to rise with 10 members, in which case we would go into a possible one hour debate at the discretion of the Speaker. The fact is that 10 members did not stand, so as the chief government whip says, the motion is deemed to be adopted. There are no proceedings that can entail that motion.
In the House of Commons on June 8th, 2007. See this statement in context.