Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the House that the record show that the MP for Dartmouth was in fact not in the House for the first vote last evening. She was in fact approaching it at a run but was not in her seat and the hon. member realizes that was not good enough.
Ironically the hon. member was late for this vote because she was in the West Block at the launch of a new book about M. J. Coldwell, a parliamentarian with such honesty and integrity that it has reached legendary proportions.
I apologize for my error in judgment and any difficulty it may have caused. I will work harder to keep the standards high in this important public place.