Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I was surprised at your opening statement about how it is possible to change a motion. We are sent here representing our parties. Each of us is appointed because our party sends us, and so we are representing our party.
If a party votes one way on a motion, and then gets political heat from that vote, they don't get to come back and then insist that we redo it. I say that, Mr. Chair, with great respect. I have been 16 years in Parliament, and I have never seen a motion voted down by a party that they get to bring back at the next meeting and say, “Let's do another one.” This is the same motion that the Bloc voted down.
Regardless of its merits, to me this is completely out of order with standing practice of the House.