Mr. Speaker, I have listened carefully to the words of the hon. member for Provencher, and I must say that he made several points of interest to us in his intervention.
As for his final remark about not knowing the criteria, I would state that, just by chance, I have them here before me. I would like to make a comment and then ask a question.
In April 1999, in a report to the House, the standing committee on private members' business established the new list of criteria for selection of votable private members' business.
There are five points. What is important is that, in the House of Commons, it is his party that ought to inform him on this, or he ought to contact the committee to find out what the criteria are.
Should he not get these directly from the House of Commons or from his party?