Mr. Speaker, if in order to make my point I must refer to my colleague without naming his riding, as did the hon. member for Saanich—Gulf Islands, I shall carry on without naming his riding, confident that all the members of this House know full well who I am referring to.
His decision not to comply with your ruling was a very difficult decision for him to make. But having said that, Mr. Speaker, you made this ruling on the basis of the disturbance his remarks may have caused in this place.
I respectfully submit that his request, which, in my sense, was a very reasonable one, was for you to examine remarks—