Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order.
Standing Order 16 of the House of Commons provides that:
16.(1) When the Speaker is putting a question, no Member shall enter, walk out of or across the House—
—or make any noise or disturbance.
I would like to correct a number of facts that were just mentioned by the member for Abitibi. Yesterday evening, when we were voting on Bill C-24 at report stage, we witnessed a rather disgraceful scene on the part of a member of this House.
A verbal confrontation took place between a member of Parliament and a spectator in the public gallery. The hon. member even took his jacket off, as he admitted earlier, and challenged the spectator to fight with him. This is totally unacceptable and it is an insult to our whole institution.