Mr. Speaker, the House and the Chair will be fully cognizant of the fact that under Beauchesne's it is specifically prohibited for any member to ask a minister a question regarding regional responsibility. On several occasions last week this occurred and in a tangential way there are always attempts to bring this back.
The Minister of Justice, as the minister from Alberta, or I as a minister from Ontario, cannot answer questions in our capacities as regional ministers. This is quite clear in Beauchesne's and it is equally clear that the Deputy Prime Minister was perfectly correct in bringing this matter to the attention of the House today.