Mr. Speaker, I am being heckled by them right now as I am making this point. They just said, “That's right you are.” Again, what the NDP members are doing is proving their hypocrisy on this point.
The last point I want to make is this. If you are going to consider this a breach of privilege, Mr. Speaker, then I need you to go through every instance that the NDP members have mercilessly heckled other members of the House. I understand, Mr. Speaker, it might be difficult for you to sometimes hear this. They are at the far end of the House. However, I sit over here and I hear it every day.
I usually let it go because I understand this Parliament is now at a point where it is extremely dysfunctional because we have the Liberal government refusing for weeks to reflect the will of Parliament and hand documents over. I understand everybody's frustration in this place, but that does not mean we do not have the right to respect our constituents' wishes and explain it as such. That is not a breach of privilege; that is exercising our privilege.
The NDP only had three or four members in the chamber last night on such a critical motion and they chose to support the government yet again, instead of fighting against disastrous policy after corruption scandal. Canadians want an election. If the New Democrats are feeling the heat because of their choices to keep propping up the corrupt government, then that is something they have to live with. That is not a breach of privilege; that is a choice for which they are facing consequences.
I will not stand here and have my motive and my ability to speak be questioned by the NDP because of its questionable choices. No precedent has ever been made by the Chair that suggests this is something I have to experience. I would just ask all members in this place, out of respect for everyone, to bring the light and not the heat.
So many matters in front of this place right now have material impact on the lives of Canadians. To suggest it is a breach of privilege to have to listen to others in this place express displeasure on behalf of their constituents about what the government did is wrong. That is not in the spirit of the place. If there is a ruling that suggests otherwise, I suggest that is a breach of my privilege and the 120,000 Calgarians I represent.