Mr. Speaker, it is most unfortunate that we find ourselves in this kind of situation. There is a motion before this House to debate remarks, extremely offensive remarks made by some members, which go far beyond anything said in the past about the Chair as an institution and hopefully not about the person in the Chair.
Allow me to summarize the facts for the benefit of everyone. We will recall that some members disrupted oral question period. These are objective facts can anyone can verify. All members of this House are welcome to check the video recording of the proceedings if they want to.
Members disrupted oral question period by preventing one of our members, namely the member for Rimouski—Mitis, from putting her question to the government and preventing the government from answering.
To this end, they used the flag. Everyone respects the flag. Everyone respects the national anthem. Everyone respects Parliament. Or so they say. In fact, however, what the Liberal members, who now seem repentant, and members of the Reform Party, who are not repentant, did—