HON. ANGUS MACISAAC: Mr. Speaker, I will defer to your ruling. There is a bill before the House on that subject matter and I don't know if it's appropriate for me to respond to the question or whether it's something that should be saved for debate on the bill.

MR. SPEAKER: You may decide to answer in a general fashion, but we can't talk about specifics of any bill while it is before the House.

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

As well, as members know, there are no electronic devices allowed in the Chamber during Question Period. On three occasions now, the member for Kings North has seen fit to use an electronic device. Sergeant-at-Arms, you will note that the member is prohibited for the rest of this sitting to use an electronic device for the duration of this, regardless of what business of the House is on the books. (Applause)

MR. SPEAKER: Order, please. I just want to remind all members, no electronic devices are to be utilized during Question Period.

MR. SPEAKER: Before we proceed to the next question, I would ask anyone with an electronic device on their desk to please remove it from their desk or put it away.

DEREK MOMBOURQUETTE: Again, why do you need this, then, if there's no reorganization coming? We've heard mixed messaging around: We need to be flexible and we need to have the ability to do this, so we need this piece in our legislation. Now we're hearing that there's no reorganization coming. Out of goodwill for the thousands of public servants, take it out. Show them that you care, and you value them when they're having very tough conversations in a trade war environment with their families and having conversations now as public servants.

THE SPEAKER: Before I recognize the honourable minister, I've just been informed that members seem to think they can turn their backs and use their phone during questions. I would suggest that no one uses their phone. It is not allowed. If they are caught, they will not be recognized for the rest of the day. There are certain rules in here that you have to live by. Once again, stay off your phone.

PAUL WOZNEY: Speaker, last week the Premier commented that he didn't know if a single bill had ever been amended through what was once called the Law Amendments Committee. Well, we checked and found out that in fact more than 300 bills have been amended through that process since 2000. Will the Premier acknowledge the facts and correct the record?

THE SPEAKER: May I ask which minister you're directing that question to?

LISA LACHANCE: It covers the whole government, so I would suggest that it be the Premier.

THE SPEAKER: The honourable Minister of Advanced Education.

HON. BRENDAN MAGUIRE: I want to . . . (interruptions).

THE SPEAKER: Order. Order. First of all, I saw that member first, and I made the judgment.

PAUL WOZNEY: The maybe-later or maybe-by-March-4^th threat of tariffs hangs heavy over our province. This will and does require an all-hands-on-deck approach, one that we support. Unfortunately, we have no way of knowing if the Legislature will be sitting, since we are the only province in this country without a legislative calendar. The people in Nova Scotia deserve to know when their representatives will be at Province House doing the necessary work to address this ongoing threat in a collaborative way.

CLAUDIA CHENDER: This government owes Nova Scotians an explanation about their plan to bypass the media. Those are the PC Party's own words from a recent email. We know what happens when governments attempt to paint journalists and the media as the enemy. All we have to do is look across the border. My question is: Does the Premier approve of using this specific language and of attacking journalists to solicit donations?

THE SPEAKER: Your question is specifically about a PC email. I would like you to reframe it about government.