It being 2.24 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(5), the House will now proceed to Statements by Members, pursuant to Standing Order 31.
I would like to point out to the hon. members that we are going to take the regular statements by members, and then, we will move on to oral questions. We will take all the time we need, 45 minutes, and, in an hour from now, we will have completed question period. We will then proceed with the orders of the day and take a bit more time, if necessary, for our debate.