I appreciate the opposition House leader's intervention. I would remind hon. members that we have a tight 30-minute debate on this particular question that is before the House. It does not leave ample room for these kinds of questions and points of order, although members have the prerogative to raise those points.
I have heard nothing, in my opinion, that is not pertinent to the question that is before the House. As members have said, there is a wide berth for members to raise these points and questions to the minister and he is, of course, equally able to address those in the course of his responses.
The hon. minister.