Mr. Speaker, the breach of privilege committed in this House has to do with the industry minister's comments, which I find totally unparliamentary, unworthy of this House and unacceptable. In his comments, the minister tried or seemed to criticize my attitude or the way I phrased the question or the way in which he perceived me.
I find it totally unacceptable that, within the framework of the parliamentary game, a government minister's only way of defending himself against the verbal jousting and the questions asked in this House is to try to humiliate, discredit and or be rude to a member of this Parliament.
Mr. Speaker, I would like to tell you that, as the Opposition House leader, I think that the Minister of Industry has violated these privileges and I demand that he withdraw his comments without further ado. That is what I demand.