Mr. Speaker, you have taken a fairly firm position with regard to character assassination in the House.
Twice during question period when the Minister of National Defence was responding to the member for Okanagan-Similkameen-Merritt, he queried the veracity of the member. On one occasion he said he thought the member spoke with forked tongue and toward the end of his answer he wondered why the member did not speak the truth.
To be consistent, Mr. Speaker, I believe that you should ask the Minister of National Defence to withdraw these comments.