Mr. Speaker, my point of order relates to remarks made by the Minister of Transport about a question I asked in this House on Friday, May 5, 1995.
The Minister of Transport said I had betrayed a confidence of this House and questioned my integrity because I was quizzing him about a current issue. I did not rise on a point of order on the spot because I could not believe what I had just heard, given the seriousness of the accusations.
Unfortunately, on checking Hansard , I found that what I had heard was indeed what the Minister of Transport had said.
My question is this: How can I have betrayed the confidence of the House by asking the Minister of Transport a legitimate question on an issue featured on the front page of such leading newspapers as La Presse and The Globe and Mail with regard to the government's decision to privatize CN?
The figures quoted in my questions did not come any lock-up but were taken from the comments-