Thank you, Mr. Davies.
Mr. Davies, before I move on, you brought up a point of order before about the Liberal-NDP government, and the clerk graciously looked into it. I'd just like to point to the ruling that was recently made on March 29, 2022. It pointed back to a ruling that was made by Speaker Milliken on September 24, 2001, on the same basis of what you asked about. The Speaker noted:
...Speaker Milliken, dealing with the question of the identification of parties, specified at page 5491 of Debates:
...these are matters that the House has always left entirely to the discretion of MPs. They identify themselves as individuals and are free to identify themselves as a group. Their spokespersons are theirs to select. Neither the Speaker nor other members has a say in such matters.
It is clear to the Chair that there is no change in the status or designation of the members of the New Democratic Party, nor in that of their officers, as a result of this agreement.
Thank you, Clerk, for looking into that.
Next on the speaking list I have Mr. Morantz.