Speaker's Ruling

Madam Speaker: I have a ruling for the House.

I am ruling on a matter taken under advisement on June 1. The opposition House leader (Mr. Ashton) raised a point of order concerning the orderliness of an answer provided by the honourable Minister of Justice (Mr. Toews) to a question posed by the honourable member for St. Johns (Mr. Mackintosh). The opposition House leader did have a point of order. The answer did not deal directly with the matter raised and did provoke debate.