MR. SPEAKER: In the absence of no more Statements by Members, I'll just take a second to remind members that the Statements by Members is not to be used for presenting verbatim remarks of individuals or groups, verbatim statements on community groups, et cetera. So, this is a good chance, while we have a few minutes, to familiarize yourselves with the rules, because I think as I mentioned yesterday, hopefully they are all right handy at your fingertips, in your desks.

HON. DEREK MOMBOURQUETTE: I don't know if they are watching tonight, but Emily Lutz and Meg Hodges are the reason why this bill is passing tonight. If you are watching, the Kings County Councillors, thank you very much for your advocacy on this bill.

MR. SPEAKER: I would like to remind the honourable minister not to speak to the viewing public directly.

MR. SPEAKER: Just before we move on to the next item, I would ask the honourable member for Cumberland North to sign the petition that she tabled as an endorsement that she, in fact, tabled the petition.

MR. TIM HOUSTON: Selling cannabis in the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation, we will look back and say, what a bunch of problem-stretching the Liberals did under the McNeil Government. What a bunch of problem-stretching they did.

MR. SPEAKER: Order, please. I'd just like to remind the honourable member not to refer to members opposite directly, or refer to the government by the Premier's surname. The current government is the current government.

The honourable member for Pictou East.

MR. HOUSTON: When you would see a member opposite make a statement, you'll see a resounding round of applause from a group of what can be best described often as hypnotized chickens. We need . . .

MR. SPEAKER: Order, please. The honourable member will retract that statement as he will retract the statement about baloney earlier. I did not hear you retract that.

The honourable member for Pictou East has the floor.

MR. HOUSTON: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I retract the use of that very fine sandwich meat, baloney, and also my use of the phrase "hypnotized chickens."

MR. SPEAKER : The honourable Official Opposition House Leader on a point of order.

HON. CHRISTOPHER D'ENTREMONT: Last week, the Minister of Internal Services committed to tabling documents around the security of the FOIPOP portal. Specifically, she said she would table a privacy impact assessment and documents around examples of testing conducted on websites and databases by her department. Those documents have not yet been tabled.

Mr. Tim Houston: I call baloney on that.

MR. SPEAKER: Order, please. I'd like to remind the honourable member that, although that's what I had for breakfast this morning, that is an unparliamentary term, and I'll ask you to retract that.

MR. SPEAKER: Order, please. Just before we begin the daily routine, I'd like to present my Speaker's Ruling on a point of order raised on March 29^th by the honourable New Democratic Party House Leader.

SPEAKER'S RULING:

Raising the content of bills before the House in questions put to ministers and other types of business. (Pt. of order by Hon. David Wilson [Hansard p. 3434, March 29/18])