Mr. Speaker, a point of order. I believe that every member should be permitted to speak in this house, particularly on issues like this debate.
However, I note that in the last House our party had one independent member, the hon. member for Beaver River. When she was in the House the Conservatives consistently dealt her out of being able to enter into debates.
I wonder if the Chair might be able to explain to the House under what rules the next member is permitted to speak, considering that he, as a member of the previous government, did everything he could to stop our member from being able to speak.