Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order.
I think the point my colleague is trying to make today about democracy taking a back seat is a very important one. This is not the first time this has happened. There have been at least 50 other such occasions.
Is my colleague's request in order, under House procedure? His allotted time is his. He has ten minutes. We are told that we have ten minutes in which to express our views.
One means of expression is the spoken word and the other is silence. I would like a ruling on this and whether it is acceptable, under parliamentary procedure, for my colleague to say nothing for one minute. That is one form of expression.