MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE

The SPEAKER (15:10): I advise the House that I have received a letter from the honourable the Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's failure to provide national leadership. I call upon those honourable members who approve of the proposed discussion to rise in their places.

More than the number of members required by the standing orders having risen in their places—