DENISE PETERSON-RAFUSE: .. .It also says rights are of an essential importance and it is about ethics, something they don't understand. The fact is that when you put this together with the Ivany report that suggested that we must work together (Interruption) It's not funny. You can laugh because you think you are a bunch of entitled, arrogant people.

MR. SPEAKER: Order, please. I will ask the honourable member to retract that statement.

The honourable member for Chester-St. Margaret's has the floor

LENORE ZANN: ...'I ask that you please share this information with your family, friends, and colleagues. It is signed, Stephen McNeil, Leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal caucus.'

MADAM SPEAKER: Order, I expect the honourable member realizes that it is not permitted to even read the names of members of the House in a document. If you are reading from that document, if you'd like to table that.

The honourable member for Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River has the floor.

HON. DENISE PETERSON-RAFUSE: Mr. Speaker, 'twas the week before Christmas and all through this House, Opposition was stirring while Liberals sat quiet as a mouse. The stockings were hung by the Pages with care, in hopes that Christmas vacation soon would be here.

MR. SPEAKER: Order, please. As the honourable member knows, poetry is not allowed in members' statements.

DENISE PETERSON-RAFUSE: Mr. Tupper said - should I read - let me see. It's quite long, but I did table it, so I believe I can read it. Okay. No, not the last three. I think I'll read everything I have here. This is the press release from the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour.

MADAM SPEAKER: I would remind the honourable member to please table all of the documents that you have been quoting from. Also, I'd like to ask the members for their indulgence here. We heard a couple of comments here, one just recently was "the gun to the head of" and with the violence we've seen worldwide, I find all of these references objectionable. Although it is not unparliamentary, I would ask all members to use discretion in their speech.

HON. KELLY REGAN: Mr. Speaker, I wanted to raise an issue about something that happened earlier in this session. It was back on November 19^th. During Question Period, I answered a question placed by the member for Sackville-Cobequid. After that question, several members on our side of the House clearly heard the Acting Leader of the New Democratic Party refer to me as an actress.

MR. SPEAKER: Order, please. I'll ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to remove those two gentlemen from the gallery, please. (Interruptions from the gallery)

I'd like to remind the media that it is against Parliamentary Rules to record people in the gallery, so I do not want to see that anywhere.

We will now continue with the recorded vote, or should we start again?

NOTICES OF MOTION

MR. SPEAKER: The honourable Minister of Natural Resources.

RESOLUTION NO. 3161

HON. LLOYD HINES: Mr. Speaker, I hereby give notice that on a future day I shall move the adoption of the following resolution:

Whereas the Canadian Wildlife Federation is commemorating National Wildlife Week this week, under the theme Giving Wings to Wildlife Conservation; and

Whereas National Wildlife Week this year includes a focus on wild, winged creatures of the skies, from birds and bees to bats and butterflies; and

HON. CHRISTOPHER D'ENTREMONT: Mr. Speaker, on a point of order. Yesterday after the democratic election of a Deputy Speaker, pursuant to Rule 6B, the Government House Leader introduced Resolution No. 3128, which named the member for Kings South as Chairman of Committees and Deputy Speaker. This, despite the fact that the member for Kings South was not one of the two names put forward for the election of Deputy Speaker, held only moments before an election that was governed by Rule 6B.

SPEAKER'S RULING:

Re: Resolution No. 3128 respecting the appointment of two Deputy Speakers is out of order. (Pt. of order by Hon. C. d'Entremont [Hansard p. 7740, Apr. 15/16])

Resolution 3128 does not subvert the will of the House.