There is some confusion about the wording of the motion. Unfortunately, the wording of the motion that was handed in by the Leader of the Opposition yesterday was incorrectly transcribed in the Order Paper for today, which is the document in effect that I read from when I put the motion to the House earlier.
I will re-read the motion, corrected to correspond with the way it was handed in yesterday, as it should have been. I apologize to the hon. Leader of the Opposition for this oversight.
The motion before the House then, is as follows:
That this House should recognize the Canadian flag as an acceptable symbol that may be displayed at any time on the desks of Members of Parliament in the House of Commons provided that only one flag be displayed on a member's desk at any given time, and that the said flag remain stationary for the purposes of decorum and be no larger than the standard recognized desk flag.
Resuming debate.