Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Speaking through the Chair is a fine Canadian tradition and I respect it with pleasure.
I was about to conclude on the prayer issue and I did not make this remark in a aggressive way.
It is just a thought. It is just something I have noted every day over the nine years I have been in this House. Each time you have the opportunity to adopt Canadian symbols, you fail to do so. The fact is that British symbols always come back, with words like royal assent, The Queen in the prayer, the throne speech, and so on.
Of course, I agree that we have to modernize the prayer, but again I just wanted to conclude my remarks on this note.