Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, during members' statements today, the member for Calgary Heritage used a personal insult towards the leader of the NDP.
Members are doing it again. Insults and name-calling are clearly against our rules. Yesterday, the Speaker made a ruling to that effect and has called on the Leader of the Opposition to withdraw and to apologize for similar comments. Not only is the Leader of the Opposition ignoring the Speaker and disrespecting the entire House of Commons by doing so, but also the lack of meaningful consequences has now given licence to other members to follow his lead.
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate that you did bring up a comment after the fact, but the statement was read in full and has made it into the Hansard. The member needs to be asked to withdraw and to apologise.