Colleagues, before I proceed to any more points of order, I'm going to start by reading a small passage for all members to reflect on, to consider and to think about because I believe this is a very important passage on where we are with this committee.
This is in chapter 20 on page 1058, if anybody wants to write that down and follow along.
This is in the section “Committees and Questions of Procedure and Privilege”, under “Disorder and Misconduct”:
Disorder and misconduct in a committee may arise as a result of the failure to abide by the rules and practices of a committee or to respect the authority of the Chair. Disorder and misconduct also include the use of unparliamentary language, failure to yield the floor or persistent interruption of the proceedings in any manner.
This is a very clear statement on page 1058 in chapter 20.
All of us here on committee, as committee members, should take a moment to reflect on that and think about how we want to proceed moving forward because it is quite clear in this passage what our roles are as committee members on this committee.
Now, I am going to go back to where we left off where, Mr. Kelloway.... I had suspended, and I want to remind folks of the reason I suspended. I read this passage because I found there to be a number of people speaking across the floor and having conversations that were interrupting the business of this committee.
Mr. Kelloway, my apologies earlier for cutting you off to suspend this meeting. I did believe that for the best interest of committee members and the health and safety of our interpreters we needed to take a pause for a few minutes.
As we're back, Mr. Kelloway, I will ask you, on the point of order, to be succinct and state the procedural relevance of your point of order.