If the hon. member for Delta—South Richmond would allow, I think we cannot get too far down this particular road. There seems to be a number of different questions and the hon. member for Delta—South Richmond is not the first member to stand and address the fact that it seemingly takes forever to get a response to a written question.
I do find it my responsibility and prerogative to defend the clerk and the office of the clerk and point out very clearly that the clerks and the people working for parliament work for parliament. They do not work for one party or another. They do not act as standard bearers for the government. They have a specific job that is mandated to them to make sure that the questions are in a form that may be responded to.
Whether or not a written response to a written question received by a member is factual is a question of debate. What we cannot do on this point of order is to provide licence for a member to take issue with the response that was provided by the government. If there is another way, perhaps in another question, certainly that is a point of debate.
Having provided this intervention, we will go back on the point of order of the member for Delta—South Richmond.