Mr. Speaker, I have been listening to the member address the House on the opposition day motion and to the point of order that was raised. I am all for leniency in ensuring members get to say what is on their minds, and I was making a note of the issues he raised.
The member pointed out health care as a very important issue to his constituents, and the 2014 health care accord has now expired. The government has made a mess of that. Debating the expiration of the health care accord would have been a great opposition day motion. In Canada we now do not have a valid accord.
He pointed out improving democracy, the Senate, the Elections Act, and the issue of time allocation. We just witnessed the government House leader bringing forward time allocation. He mentioned in camera proceedings and government priorities. Very little that was talked about had to do with the planes. The misuse of taxpayers' dollars was also referred to.
I have a question for the member. Can he explain to us how the NDP came up with the current motion as the priority, given the list of other priority issues that were provided as potential opposition day motions? The member made reference to a number of them that would have been of great value in a debate here today. In the member's opinion, would some of those other issues have been better opposition day motions?