Mr. Speaker, obviously you cannot rule on this immediately. This is why the opposition whip is asking you to do so tomorrow morning and to ponder the issue this evening.
I submit that the point of order should have been raised before 5.30 p.m., during debate on the motion, and that if we agreed to hear that point of order, it was not to prolong a debate which could no longer be extended. Otherwise, we will never again get unanimous consent to hear a point of order outside the period provided for such a debate.
I submit that the point of order dealing specifically with the debate should be raised tomorrow, or the next time we discuss the resolution. I also submit that the Speaker who will be in the Chair will not be able to make a ruling, because he must ponder the issue. You can no more do it immediately now than he could do it immediately then, otherwise it would be too easy to resort to that tactic. They want to save time and raise a point of order outside the period provided and ask for your ruling on it tomorrow morning. That is too soon.
I submit that we should follow up on the point of order. We know that there is one coming, but we should act as if we had not heard it, and entertain it in the period reserved for this debate. Otherwise, we will be getting around the rules for the sake of it and also to achieve indirectly what cannot be done directly.