Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, I have sat in the House this afternoon, and to be quite frank, I have been very disappointed with the response from the members of the Bloc and now, unfortunately, from the Liberal Party as well. I was listening to a speech by my hon. friend, who was segueing. He talked about the importance of negotiations, getting along and dealing with Quebec. Time after time he was interrupted, not because of doing something that is not commonly done in the House but rather simply for the sake of interruption.
Regarding that last hon. member who stood up raised a point of order on the question, I can tell you, Mr. Speaker, in nine years in the House I have seen a remarkable amount of latitude given to the answering of questions.
The answer our colleague gave was a good, forthright one in regard to negotiation and the direction that the other parties are taking, compared to what this party is taking, on the harmonization of taxes. I would just suggest that rather than having members of the opposition jump up time after time simply to interrupt this colleague, they apologize and give this colleague the opportunity to answer those questions.