I thank the hon. member for York—Simcoe for his remarks. It is true that the rule regarding relevancy is important.
I would say that I certainly agree with the hon. member for York—Simcoe with respect to his demand that the rules of relevance be followed in the House. Certainly, those are the orders that apply to all of us.
As I have indicated in the past on questions of this nature, what is important is that members create a connection between the arguments and positions they are posing in the House and how those ideas are relevant to the question before the House, and then continue with their explanations and arguments in that regard. If that link or connection is not made at the outset of the speech they are presenting, it is difficult for members to put into context how those particular arguments refer to the very question the House is taken up with throughout the course of the day.
Therefore, we will go back to the hon. parliamentary secretary, ask him to put that into the right context, and continue from there.
The hon. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance.