Anyway, it was raised by the member for Edmonton North as an example of why the House should not have confidence in you as the result of the decision on that occasion.
I want to remind Canadians of what happened on that particular occasion when you ruled against having flags on our desks. I remember vividly the member for Medicine Hat throwing the flag on the floor of this Chamber. That flag lay on the floor of this Chamber, on the rug with people walking around it, for some time afterward.
I remember thinking to myself, Mr. Speaker, how wise your decision was. The reason we do not have flags on our desks is because it encourages us to use the symbol of our country for partisan reasons. It was a very good decision.
Further to that, I realize that party, not the Bloc Quebecois because I appreciate it moving this motion in protest and it has a right to do that, but the Reform Party constantly confuses attacking the government with attacking parliament. The decision with the flag was a case where the Reform Party was attacking parliament. Again we hear the Reform Party attacking you, Mr. Speaker, when it really means that it wants to attack the government. It is dissatisfied with the government, but constantly it confuses it, and it is such a shame.