Mr. Speaker, I will make one final submission in response to the historical reference because the hon. member, in making a motion for instruction, appears ignorant of the history of the motion of instruction and its use in the House. If I may read further from the legislative process in O'Brien and Bosc, at page 752, it reads as follows:
Motions of instruction derive from British practice during the second half of the 19th century.
It is funny that he seems to think that is irrelevant. That is the motion that he is seeking to make.
They were carried over into the practice of the Canadian House of Commons, although they have been rarely used.
As such, it being a British practice and being rarely used in this House, the very best authorities for it are the British. We are not relying merely on those, though. We are also relying on the text and words and principles and rules found in our own bible, so to speak, the green book, O'Brien and Bosc.