Mr. Speaker, earlier today, during Oral Question Period, you asked a member to withdraw his statement suggesting that a minister had said things that were untrue. That is what you asked the hon. member for Medicine Hat to do, and he did.
However, claiming to be quoting from a newspaper, another member, in this case the hon. member for Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, said basically the same thing about the Minister of Finance, still alleging that the words were not his but those of the reporter.
Paragraph 487.(2) of Beauchesne clearly states:
487.(2) Words may not be used hypothetically or conditionally, if they are plainly intended to convey a direct imputation—
In other words, whether his words were used hypothetically or borrowed from someone else, the hon. member for Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot does not have the right to use words the hon. member for Medicine Hat was forbidden to use, and rightly so.
So I suggest that you ask the hon. member for Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot to withdraw the words he used in reference to the Minister of Finance.