Mr. Speaker, I do not know if the hon. member heard my remarks earlier in response to the House leader for the official opposition when he rose a half hour ago and made essentially the same request.
I am aware that the hon. member regards the situation as urgent. Standing Order 52 of the rules of the House of Commons provides an opportunity for the hon. member to ask the Speaker to order an emergency debate. That opportunity will be afforded to him at three o'clock this afternoon. That is only three hours away. I am sure the hon. member can wait.
We have a significant number of urgent government bills before the House to be dealt with today, and members are here and ready to deal with those.