Mr. Speaker, I wanted to thank the hon. member for Winnipeg—Transcona for his discourse and for what I consider to be his wise comments. He is a member of longstanding in the House and has a great insight when it comes to matters such as these.
I was going to ask him if he was part of the World Wrestling Federation because he mentioned things in his speech about wrestling matches and such. I did not think that was salient to the debate so I will not ask that. What I would rather do, given his long and distinguished career in the House, is ask him for his view and thoughts on some of the misguided barbs that came the Speaker's way.
By the way, Mr. Speaker, I want you to understand where I stand on this matter. You have done a very effective job in the House. It is a tough and difficult job. It requires patience, good judgment and the kinds of things that are necessary to keep 301 people reasonably in fashion and informed in a manner consistent with what I believe Canadians want the House to represent. I commend you in terms of the kind of approach you have taken, the attitude you display and quite frankly, the professionalism that is yours as a result of the kind of experience that you bring to the position.
I think the member referenced this somewhat in his speech. I want to ask the member whether or not some misguided barbs that came the Speaker's way perhaps were displaced anger and frustration and the Speaker happened to get in the way of that. There are all kinds of reasons and motivations for why these things occur.
I did want to get the hon. member's perspective on that. Perhaps he would oblige the House by answering that question.