Mr. Speaker, I was looking at Standing Order 53, the provision under which the motion was presented to the House. I believe the motion presented is actually in contradiction of the intention of Standing Order 53.
Standing Order 53(3) says:
Proceedings on any such motion shall be subject to the following conditions:
(a) The Speaker may permit debate thereon for a period not exceeding one hour;
The intention of Standing Order 53, when it was passed by the House was not to allow debate to exceed one hour. The minister and government have proposed we ignore the intent of this regulation and continue debate until such time as a minister of the crown deems the day is over.
I believe this is specifically against the intention of the Standing Order. I would like the Chair to review this before we proceed any further along these lines.