We had a point of privilege which I ruled was not a point of privilege. The hon. member for Red Deer rose to his feet to give some explanation. I said I wanted to let the matter rest there.
The hon. parliamentary secretary raised the same point on a point of order. I would rule at this point at least-I do not want to
get into a debate-that members of Parliament should not be curtailed by the Chair any more than is absolutely necessary when they are giving some opinions.
There are some words that are offensive to the House in total. There are some words that are inflammatory to some members. Once again I would appeal to members that the more they push their Speaker to making decisions on the comments they make by bringing it right up to the end, the more difficult it is to conduct a civilized question period, if I might use that word.
I urge all hon. members to be very judicious in their choice of words and I would rule it is not a point of order.