Threats, Intimidation and Hateful Comments  All those opposed to the hon. member moving the motion will please say nay. Okay. The House has heard the terms of the motion. All those opposed to the motion will please say nay. (Motion agreed to)

National Recovery Awareness Month  All those opposed to the hon. member's moving the motion will please say nay. It is agreed. The House has heard the terms of the motion. All those opposed to the motion will please say nay. (Motion agreed to)

Cost of Living Relief Act, No. 1  All those opposed to the hon. minister's moving the motion will please say nay. It is agreed. The House has heard the terms of the motion. All those opposed to the motion will please say nay. (Motion agreed to, bill read the second time and referred to a committee) Accordingl

Taxation  The hon. member for Cariboo—Prince George.

Taxation  I am going to interrupt that one, and maybe ask the member to start over. We are having a little discrepancy on what can be used. If I could have everyone calm down. There is some play on words here that is really doing indirectly what cannot be done directly. I am going to ask

Taxation  Order. I am going to ask the minister to start over so the hon. member for South Surrey—White Rock can hear the answer she asked for. The hon. minister.

Employment Insurance  Before going to the minister, I want to remind hon. members they cannot do indirectly what they cannot do directly. If they are saying something, maybe they can insert the pause where it is supposed to be to avoid any kind of mockery of our system. The hon. minister has the floo

House debate  It being Wednesday, the hon. member for South Okanagan—West Kootenay will lead us in the singing of the national anthem. [Members sang the national anthem]

Business of Supply  The hon. member for Vaughan—Woodbridge has four minutes and 30 seconds remaining in his debate.

Presence in Gallery  I wish to draw the attention of members to the presence in the gallery of the Hon. Ashni K. Singh, Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana.

Presence in Gallery  I would also draw the attention of members to the presence in the gallery of Mr. David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Programme.

Presence in Gallery  We have a point of order. The hon. member for Lac-Saint-Jean.

Presence in Gallery  Order. The hon. member can continue in two seconds. I think everyone is leaving, and they are talking as they leave. We will wait two seconds. Now that it is quiet, I would ask the member for Lac‑Saint‑Jean to please continue.

Presence in Gallery  Sometimes in the House we do not always understand what is being said or what is being asked. I would remind members to pay attention to what they are hearing and saying. This is not really a point of order. This is a matter of debate on what was said. I will ask all members to b

Presence in Gallery  I am afraid it is pretty clear that is debate and I will have to shut that one down.