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Rule 25. May also be used where Speaker says that a statement as opposed to specific terminology is unparliamentary.
Do not use for references to a Member not in attendance or referring to a member by name.
See also Address; Decorum; Veracity
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BARBARA ADAMS: It is shameful that this government has essentially cut funding for long-term care facilities every year for the past five years. This has led to a staffing and infrastructure crisis and a lack of beds. Due to it being a leap year, I've learned that the Treasury Board is shortchanging these long-term care facilities once again by refusing to pay the long-term care facility for February 29th.
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STEVE CRAIG: Mr. Speaker, today I rise on a point of order. I am new to this House, but I'm not new to life. Yesterday during Question Period, the Premier lost his composure and implied that the Leader of the Opposition was not a good human being, and later told the member to imagine your motive.
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SPEAKER'S RULING: Part 2: To tell another member to "imagine your motive" is unparliamentary. (Pt. of order by S. Craig [Hansard p.5913, 6 March 2020]) Point of order is closed.
On the second part of the member for Sackville-Cobequid's assertion, I have also reviewed Hansard.
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SPEAKER'S RULING: Part 1: To allege that another member is not a good human being is unparliamentary. (Pt. of order by S. Craig [Hansard p.5913, 6 March 2020]) No point of order.
It was brought up on Friday, March 6th , when the member for Sackville-Cobequid rose on a point of order alleging that the Premier during Question Period the previous day implied that the Leader of the Official Opposition "was not a good human being," and later that day in Question Period told the member to "imagine his motive."
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MR. STERLING BELLIVEAU: Now Roseway Hospital is struggling and the minister there basically lied to that community. (Interruptions)
MADAM SPEAKER: Order, it is unparliamentary to suggest that someone is lying. I would ask you to please retract that statement.
MR. BELLIVEAU: I'll retract that statement and, Madam Speaker, through you I suggest that the Minister of Health and Wellness fabricated the truth. (Interruptions)
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Review former Speaker's ruling on using the name of the Premier in Statements by Members (Pt. of order by Hon. David Wilson [Hansard p.6069, Nov. 24/15])
It is not acceptable to refer to a current government by the surname of the current Premier where it is not necessary to distinguish it from a different government. It is out of order to refer to members by name even if the member speaking is quoting from a document.
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HON. DENISE PETERSON-RAFUSE: Mr. Speaker, I'm hearing from countless teachers in Chester-St. Margaret's who are saying they feel bullied by the McNeil Government. They're saying that for a government that boasts of being the most open and transparent in history, teachers are experiencing something altogether different. They are experiencing a McNeil Government that is closed off and dictatorial. Health care and home care providers have been on the receiving end of this government's cold shoulder for more than two years, and now teachers have been added to the fray.
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LENORE ZANN: By adopting this guideline, the minister has implied that the McNeil Government will not invest a single dime to see hub schools succeed, thus ripping the heart out of rural Nova Scotia.
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HON. DENISE PETERSON-RAFUSE: Mr. Speaker, I know one mistake that will not be made again in our province - Nova Scotians will not hire McNeil Movers in the next election.
MR. SPEAKER: Order please, I want to remind the honourable member for Chester-St. Margaret's the term "McNeil Movers" is unparliamentary and I will not stand for its use again.
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MR. SPEAKER: Just before we move on to the next member's statement, I'm compelled to bring it to the members' attention that, particularly to the member for Queens-Shelburne, the use of the term "McNeil Government" is unparliamentarily. There was a previous ruling - and I'll clarify the use of the name of the current Premier (Interruptions) Order, please.
