: I've experienced this type of situation from both sides, I assure you. A member who was the main critic for a bill being studied by a committee was excluded from the House during the final hours before the vote on the bill in question. He could not be present, which seriously penalized his party.
Ms. Black says she finds it noisier now. I can tell you that in 1984, the evening when the amendment to the Constitution was adopted, it was very noisy. The Speaker was under assault and had to show extraordinary dignity to overcome this crisis.
On Black Friday, in 1958, when the Speaker reversed his ruling on the TransCanada pipeline, mayhem broke out in the House; fist fights broke out in the House. The next day the Speaker faced a motion of censure.
We can pick incidents from our history. This is a very intense place, and I'm not for a moment condoning the wrong or bad conduct of any member, but I think you also have to think of the context from the Speaker's perspective. When there's an issue before the House, how does he mood manage his way out of it without making it worse?