I have a point of order, Mr. Chair, and I beg my colleagues' pardon.
Mr. Dalton, what you say is very interesting, but I'd like to get back to the second last paragraph and to stay on topic. You're discussing the Canadian identity, but the purpose of the matter before us isn't to define that identity. Instead it's to advance arguments concerning what happened in the House of Commons, by which I mean the disrespectful behaviour toward all parliamentarians and Canadians, especially old-stock francophones, when one member rose and told another that he wasn't satisfied with the answer he had received because it wasn't in English.
My motion doesn't address identity. I'm very sensitive to your remarks, but it's the actions taken and words spoken in the House of Commons that I consider relevant.
Mr. Chair, I know I'm the next speaker, and I will wait for you to give me the floor because I've listened to everything.
I just want to make a point. Many things are being said, but we're digressing from the facts and from what happened in the House. Canadians are watching us, and I believe they already know what the Canadian identity is. I think it's important to focus the debate back on what happened in the House and that we must discuss it. That's why I've introduced my motion.