I listened very patiently to the hon. member for Scarborough—Agincourt, who really seemed to have made a speech as though the debate had started rather than to try to give arguments as to why the Chair ought to allow the debate in the first place because there seemed to be a lot of quotes, if the hon. member does not mind me saying so, about what other people said rather than why this was urgent.
However, I am not satisfied that, despite all I have heard from him, the request for the emergency debate today meets the exigencies of the Standing Order at this time and, accordingly, I am not going to allow the debate to proceed on this basis.
I know the hon. member has other avenues available to him and I know he may want to pursue those with his House leader and others responsible for House time.