DENISE PETERSON-RAFUSE: I remember all the issues about school bullying, Madam Speaker, and the Liberal Party on this side were ranting and raving about all the stuff that needs to be done about bullying in this province, and yet they're bullies themselves. They have bullied the nurses, they have bullied the health care workers . . .

MADAM SPEAKER: Order, please. Unparliamentary language. Would you please withdraw it.

MS. PETERSON-RAFUSE: I'm sorry, Madam Speaker.

MR. BAILLIE: Mr. Speaker, clearly the Premier is more than aware of the contents of this postcard because he is quoting from a part of it that I had not yet raised in this House. The fact of the matter is that the Premier is right - the postcard contains a premeditated, despicable, known lie that he and his Party are sending to the people of Queens County.

HON. JAMIE BAILLIE : Madam Speaker, my question is to the Premier. Yesterday the government chose to express its displeasure at an important private industry in our province by purchasing a $3.7 million mobile paver. I will point out that that cost doesn't even include the accompanying equipment that's needed to make it truly mobile and truly work, and as we all know from the media, it was bought in Florida.

My question to the Premier is, why bully a competitive, homegrown Nova Scotia industry by . . .

MR. CHAIRMAN: Order, please. The time allotted for the Oral Question Period has expired.

I would also like to address an issue that I heard during Question Period. The Speaker clearly heard the honourable member for Yarmouth accuse the Premier of being a liar. Such an accusation is clearly unparliamentary and I ask the honourable member to rise and withdraw his remarks.

HON. STEPHEN MCNEIL: Mr. Speaker, on November 3rd, we heard the Premier mislead Nova Scotians. I asked the Premier about a news report that said Michelin believed first contract arbitration will make it harder to attract investment in Nova Scotia. The Premier blamed inaccurate news reports. He said these reports were simply not true.

MR. EDDIE ORRELL: Madam Speaker, I hereby give notice that on a future day I shall move the adoption of the following resolution:

Whereas Thesaurus.com lists "commitment" and "promise" as being synonyms; and

Whereas members all know that whether we use the word "commitment" or "promise," we, all the public, understand they mean the same thing; and

Whereas NDP members used the words "promise" and "commitment" interchangeably in resolutions on Thursday;

MR. COLWELL: Well, I'll talk about that in a second. But the Irvings came on the radio and said, we're only going to have 1,200 - that's 1,200 new jobs in our facility, not 11,000, not 11,000 - 1,200, that's the real number from the people who got this contract, not this government that's going through this crap. When you go (Interruptions)

AN HON. MEMBER: That's unparliamentary.

MR. COLWELL: Oh, that's awful, isn't it? We've got this five-year plan, this five-year highway plan . . .

HON. ROSS LANDRY: Let him have his say, be a man about it. (Interruptions)

MADAM SPEAKER: Order, please. I'm going to rule that one unparliamentary. I would ask that the member retract that statement.

The honourable Minister of Justice.

HON. ROSS LANDRY: I was wrong in my remark. I withdraw my remark.

MR. YOUNGER: Mr. Speaker, well I'm not sure the Premier has seen the ads then because that's not what they advertise at all. They advertise government plans for things that may happen in the future. The hypocrisy of this crowd knows no bounds. When in Opposition, they . . .

MR. SPEAKER: Order. Order. That word is unparliamentary.

MR. YOUNGER: I'll withdraw it.

HON. MICHEL SAMSON: Mr. Speaker, on a point of order. Quite often during debate in this House, either during Question Period or elsewhere, sometimes members may get a bit excited and use language which is clearly not only unparliamentary but goes beyond the bounds of decency.