Madam Speaker, I have a lot of respect for the member for Davenport. However, he talks about getting back to the government business of the House and how important parliament is; there is nothing more important than a Speaker's ruling in the House. The Speaker has made a ruling with regard to sending this issue to a committee. The rules then allow a debate to take place before a vote is taken by all members of the House on whether to send it to committee. The government always has the opportunity to vote against that motion if it so wishes, although I doubt it would do that on this issue.
What could be more important than a Speaker's ruling that allows us to have the debate today? Nothing can be more important than accusations made against a minister that are very serious. It is not the opposition playing politics. We are talking about a ruling made by the Speaker of the House.
I ask the member, what could be more important than the House debating a very important ruling made by the Speaker of the House?