Do you think you are in a catch-22? You have put the Speaker in a catch-22. Let me quote to you.
What I quoted, I believe, in 1997 is found at page 570 of our new book, House of Commons Procedure and Practice , by Montpetit and Marleau, which states:
As with closure, the Speaker has ruled that the Chair possesses no discretionary authority to refuse to put a motion of time allocation if all the procedural exigencies have been observed.
That is what the hon. member said. What I am saying is that you cannot argue your point until the motion is put. On the other hand, you are saying that you cannot argue it after because I am going to make that decision. You are right. That is the decision I would have made.
If you would like to try to convince me, I will listen to you for about three minutes. If you can convince me in three minutes that I should be listening to you, then I will listen to you.