Mr. Speaker, the hon. Minister of Canadian Heritage said earlier that I had spoken to this bill.
In point of fact I have not been allowed to give an actual speech. I have only been allowed to ask a question. In the use of that question, I was able to signal that I had come to the conclusion that I would support the bill.
However, all of these closures mean that members in my position are never able to speak on the substance of the bill for more than 30 seconds.