Mr. Speaker, I am rising on the same question of privilege.
My colleague did raise several instances of precedent in which Speakers ruled on matters without hearing from the members themselves.
I would also cite that previously in the day you, Mr. Speaker, suggested that the reports that were read into the record here were hearsay. These were news articles reported by institutions that many members of the House cite in their speeches. We are considering a budget in which there is money to support these institutions. Is it hearsay? Why, Mr. Speaker, are you not considering words in the press, with adequate sources, as evidence?