Before recognizing the minister, I must inform hon. members that I have had time to check the blues. I think it is quite clear this is a point of order. The minister said-it is in English unfortunately-that "if she cannot take the heat, she should not be in the kitchen".
As you know, this was an expression used by Harry Truman. It seems the expression is not equally familiar in both languages, but it is an expression.
With our colleagues, we understood it to mean that women should stay at home, or something like that. I just spoke to our colleagues-I think they were not in the House at the time-and we agree it was a misunderstanding. There is no indication, as far as I can see, that the minister said anything against women or hon. members of the female sex.
I also looked at what was said by all members, and I do not think there were any insinuations against women members, as far as I can see. I want to thank all members for raising this point, and we can now proceed with questions and comments.