Mr. Speaker, I am rising on a point of order to denounce the deplorable action by some government members this afternoon.
Mr. Speaker, you will recall that the member for Scarborough Southwest raised a perfectly legitimate point of order on the issue of an inappropriate gesture made by the Minister of International Trade toward the member for Churchill earlier today. The minister has denied the gesture, but given the screen shot and the video that are currently circulating in the media and social media, he may want to revise his response of earlier today.
It was a highly inappropriate gesture—