Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. When one of our colleagues impudently states that the members are on holidays, he is in contempt of the house. Therefore, I demand that you ask him to withdraw what he said. None of the 301 members of parliament is on holidays here. Everyone of us works hard. We do it legitimately, and this member has gone too far. He has offended our role, and this is unacceptable.
In the House of Commons on April 29th, 2002. See this statement in context.