My colleagues, I have heard argument on both sides of the House. It would seem to me that at least at this point the hon. member for Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough, after arguing his point, quotes that other Speakers have ruled that it is not incumbent on the government to share whatever information it has.
On the other hand, we have the parliamentary secretary saying that this information was indeed sent out in the usual fashion in order for members of parliament to get it at the same time as anyone else, the public, would be getting it.
We have the bill before us now to be debated. I want to look into this. There are a couple of small matters that I want to satisfy myself on. I will try to get back to the House before the end of the day today. We will begin the debate on this and if there is reason to abrogate a little later I will reserve that right for myself to do it.