Mr. Speaker, I rise on the same point of order. I appreciate this. I think it is important because people make claims all the time, such as “the member claimed”. People will also say that “the member has falsely stated”.
My understanding is that is fair commentary because we are not calling the member a liar, but when people are making false claims, that can be called out within the parliamentary tradition. I think you will find that we have a strong tradition of that. Therefore, I am not exactly sure whether the person was making false claims or not, but a member can make that allegation, just as members of the opposition can make allegations against the government.