Mr. Speaker, I have a few thoughts I would like to share with members.
One of the things I believe is important to recognize is that, at the end of the day, what we have witnessed is something, no doubt, all of us will want to reflect on.
I would ask members to be courteous as I try to express my thoughts and feelings with respect to the issue.
Through many years of being a parliamentarian, and most of that 25 years in opposition, I can tell members that there have been other occasions. For example, I look at what took place in the 1990s—