Privilege  I thank the hon. member from Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan for raising this very serious matter. I will come back to the member very quickly on this. The hon. member from Humber River—Black Creek is rising on the same question of privilege.

Privilege  I thank all hon. members, especially the member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, for bringing this issue to the attention of the Speaker. We will come back forthwith with a determination on this.

Mental Health and Addictions  The hon. member is a long-time member of the House. I would ask him to withdraw the offensive word, because it is not parliamentary.

Mental Health and Addictions  I invite the government House leader to start from the top and to choose his words very carefully so that they do not cause disorder in the House.

Mental Health and Addictions  Order. The hon. minister has the floor.

Public Safety  Colleagues, I am having great difficulty trying to hear the answer from the hon. minister. I am going to ask members to please let the minister finish his statement. The minister has 20 seconds left on the clock.

Public Safety  I am going to ask members to please allow the minister to finish answering the question. The hon. minister from the top.

Jean-Pierre Ferland  Following discussions among representatives of all parties in the House, I understand there is an agreement to observe a moment of silence in memory of Jean-Pierre Ferland. I invite hon. members to rise. [A moment of silence observed]

National Council for Reconciliation Act  It being 3:15 p.m., the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion to concur in the Senate amendments to Bill C-29. Call in the members.

National Council for Reconciliation Act  I declare the motion carried. (Senate amendments read the second time and concurred in) I wish to inform the House that, because of the deferred recorded division, Government Orders will be extended by 14 minutes.

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  Is that agreed?

Questions on the Order Paper  Is that agreed?

Request for Emergency Debate  I wish to inform the House that I have received two notices of requests for an emergency debate concerning the same subject. I invite the hon. member for Carleton and the hon. member for South Surrey—White Rock to rise and make brief interventions.

Request for Emergency Debate  I would ask the hon. member for New Westminster—Burnaby to please hold his comments until he has the floor. The hon. member for Carleton has the floor.

Request for Emergency Debate  I would like to thank the hon. member for South Surrey—White Rock and the member for Carleton for giving the Speaker notice, as well as for the arguments they presented in the House. However, I do find that their request does not meet the requirements of the standing order as it