First of all, Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the hon. member for his great performance in reading his speech. It was written either by Department of Transport officials or by Onex bureaucrats, we do not know exactly. In any case, we have to admit that he read it very well.
With all due respect, I also want the hon. member to know that I would have liked to direct my question to the hon. member for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, the hon. member for Vaudreuil—Soulanges or the hon. member for Verdun—Saint-Henri, but as my colleague, the member for Frontenac—Mégantic, said today, we will not hear a peep from them. It would be nice if their constituents had the opportunity to hear them, here in the House of Commons, or outside, in the foyer, or in their riding. One member, the hon. member for Lac-Saint-Louis actually did speak out, but oddly enough, we have not seen much of him lately.
I have two very simple questions to ask the hon. member. Could he give us an example, in Canadian history, of the 10% rule being violated? For example, for the banks, did the rule stand, yes or no? I am sure that the hon. member looked into this issue at length before delivering his speech, and I would like him to give us any example in Canada, since 1867, of the 10% rule being violated. My second question is this one: as things stand now, is the proposal from Onex legal or not?