Colleagues, you have left decisions to the Chair to be made in the course of question period and in the course of debate. I am well aware of the quotations cited by both sides from Beauchesne. As much as possible, in the course of question period I have tried to give as much latitude as I can to members asking questions and to members giving answers.
If you are to challenge your Speaker every time I make a ruling in the House, I make the ruling with the very best of intentions, that the rules be followed. If you wish to pursue this conversation with me, I invite you to come into my chambers. For today from my point of view from what I heard, I permitted the first question from the member because although I thought it was borderline it was general enough to be asked. In my view the second question was out of order. I ruled it as such.
If every time I make a decision on our behalf as to make the House function we will be coming into these points of order, we will be using a great deal of time.
On the other hand, I recognize we have legitimate points of order, perhaps every day. I am always willing to listen. I beg you to give your Speaker enough latitude to conduct question period as it should be.