Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I have to say that prior to coming here this evening, I thought I knew something about parliamentary procedure. What I thought I knew was that the chair determined who had the floor. Only when the chair told a member that they had the floor could the member then speak. Only then could their microphone come on.
Now, sometimes members have the floor and something arises in the course of the remarks, and a point of order or a point of privilege has to be raised. It was my understanding that the chair at that point has the authority to tell the member who has the floor to wait while he gives the floor to someone else in order to make that procedural point. When that's resolved, the floor is then returned to the person who was speaking before.
But in observing Mr. Genuis's behaviour tonight, it seems to me that, on some committees, members decide for themselves when they have the floor. They turn on their own microphone. They just declare by fiat that they have the floor. They talk over others.