Mr. Speaker, therefore as demonstrated by the tweet and by the agreement from the Conservatives that is coming from across the way, the Speaker's chair, not you although in this particular case filled by you, but the role of whoever happens to be sitting in the chair, is not being treated in an impartial and non-partisan way.
I am bringing this to your attention not to protect your honour and your integrity as an individual, Mr. Speaker; I think you can do that well enough on your own, but I bring it to your attention because I am worried that a dangerous precedent is being set, where attacking the occupant of the chair becomes the norm. As I indicated through my research and what I had provided to you, Mr. Speaker, there has already been a well-established practice of determining that comments like the ones I cited are a breach of the privilege of the Speaker and of the House as a whole.
I would kindly ask you, Mr. Speaker, to reflect upon what I have offered to you today and come back to the House to let us know whether that kind of action will continue to be allowed in the future, whether we are setting a new precedent, or whether you will be starting to clamp down on the issue. I am greatly worried about the impartiality of the Chair. If we continue to allow the practice to occur, years from now Speakers will continue to be subject to it.
I will end my comments with where I started, which is that one of the most important things of our democracy, of our chamber and of the way this place functions is that the people who sit in the chair and the people who work at the table are completely impartial and do not bring a political agenda to their role. They sit there and do their job as servants of the other MPs of the House.
I would kindly ask that you reflect upon that, Mr. Speaker, and come back to the House and provide us with some guidance as to how we should be dealing with these situations moving forward.