Mr. Speaker, I am glad that the parliamentary secretary has taken such a calm, rational approach to this debate.
He may be the main man for the Liberals today, I do not know. He may have been asked to pose these insightful questions, I do not know. But I hope he will not continue down this road of equating a small standard desk flag attached to the desk for decorum and tastefully displayed with crying fire in a crowded theatre. It is such a ridiculous thing to say. I cannot believe he is trying to bring that kind of an argument into this debate.
He went on to suggest that the radio program asked whether we should have to display the flag; whether we should have to sing O Canada or get kicked out of the House of Commons. What kind of nonsense is this? No one is suggesting that. No one suggests that we have to have a flag on your desk. No one suggests that we have to sing O Canada . Every Wednesday those who like to sing it do so.
This motion is not going to force someone to do anything. It permits a freedom. It is that balance between decorum which is why it is tastefully displayed on the desk and the freedom of expression. That balance is what this motion talks to and it handles that balance very well.