Colleagues, any question of privilege is listened to with great attention by your Speaker. As the hon. member knows, I was given notice. I was given a newspaper report.
The hon. member refers to a communique of some kind that came directly from the minister.
The minister is not in the House today. I wonder if the honourable member could wait until the minister is here. Perhaps there is a clarification but I would like to hear a little more information before I make a ruling on this.
I would prefer to hear directly from the minister before I hear additional evidence, keeping in mind that I will hear additional evidence after I hear from the minister.
Would that be acceptable to you, my colleague?