Mr. Speaker, as the bells started sounding, the official opposition asked that the vote on Motion No. 92 be deferred, and the Chair did not recognize our request at that point.
I would submit, with all due respect, to your attention, Standing Order 73(1)( d ), which provides in French:
-after not more than 180 minutes of debate, the Speaker shall interrupt the debate and the question shall be put and decided without further debate.
In our opinion, putting the question does not mean we cannot defer the vote. Standing Order 45(5)( a )(ii) provides:
(ii) During the sounding of the bells, either the Chief Government Whip or the Chief Opposition Whip may ask the Speaker to defer the division.
This is what we did. Nothing in this Standing Order either indicates that we cannot ask to have the vote deferred to another
time. The French text is clear, and I would ask you to recognize the request of the official opposition, please.