Mr. Speaker, earlier in question period today an hon. member asked a question of a minister in relation to the responsibility of the minister being responsible for a province.
I want to refer members to article 412 of Beauchesne's which reads as follows:
A question may not be asked of a Minister in another capacity, such as being responsible for a province, or part of a province, or as spokesman for a racial or religious group.
That is a 1968 decision of the Speaker. I would submit the question was in fact out of order. I believe there were a number of cries across the way as to why the minister did not respond to a question that was clearly out of order.