Madam Speaker, I would note that the responses tabled today to Order Paper Questions Nos. 461 and 470 were not signed by any minister or parliamentary secretary. They were in fact signed by the member for Laurier—Sainte-Marie, who is no longer a member of cabinet nor a parliamentary secretary.
Can you confirm, Madam Speaker, that it is not permitted for backbench members who are no longer in cabinet to table documents as if they were still a minister?
Since the responses are now void, Madam Speaker, can you say whether or not the government has met its requirement to table the response to these questions within 45 days, or whether the matter will be referred to committee, as required in the Standing Orders when the government misses a 45-day deadline for Order Paper responses? I have the documents to substantiate that as well.