Mr. Speaker, usually, it is the opposition parties that insist on having certain issues become the object of a confidence vote.
However, as regards the motion on which we will vote this evening, it is the Prime Minister himself who raised the issue of confidence, contrary to the conventions which, generally speaking, provide that only budget issues can be the object of a confidence vote.
How can the government insist on making the vote on the hepatitis C motion a vote of confidence, if not to muzzle some of its members who want—