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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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HON. DENISE PETERSON-RAFUSE: The film, television and animation industries were devastated by yesterday's budget cut of the Film Industry Tax Credit. I have to believe that the government is doing this out of ignorance and not malice.
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MR. SPEAKER: I'd like to remind the honourable member for Chester-St. Margaret's that "ignorance" is an unparliamentary term so I'll ask her to rise and please retract that term.
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MR. SPEAKER: Order please. I'll ask the honourable Leader of the New Democratic Party to get on with the question and also to retract the term "silly" in reference to the honourable Premier. That is an unparliamentary term. The honourable Leader of the New Democratic Party.
MS. MACDONALD: Mr. Speaker, I certainly apologize for calling the Premier silly.
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MR. ALLAN MACMASTER: ...They know what they are doing is wrong but they will do it anyway. They are caught. They need to show some integrity to get themselves out of this matter today.
It took an almost full-page ad in the Halifax Chronicle Herald, Madam Speaker, paid for by Bob Martin, Dale Sutherland, Alvin MacInnis . . .
MADAM SPEAKER: Order, please. It is unparliamentary to question the integrity of members of the House. I would ask that you retract that statement.
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MR. ALLAN MACMASTER: Mr. Speaker, the statement went on. It continued that the Justice Minister, in an attempt to explain why she would not amend the law to apply to all victims of sexual abuse, stated that this is not something that has been done in Canada.
Mr. Speaker, I quote from the letter in the paper today:
Her statement is blatantly false and she knows it. Newfoundland and Labrador, Saskatchewan, British Columbia and Ontario have all amended their laws so that there are no time limits.
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HON. STERLING BELLIVEAU: Before I move on, I just want to point out that under the day's scenario, a graduating youth driver, who is named "Who," can call a friend, an advisory driver, who I'll call "I don't give a damn," who is under the influence of alcohol, and request that individual - that supervisory driver cannot go to the home of the youth. They need to request a designated driver, who says, I can't believe this is happening.
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MR. TIM HOUSTON: ... So it is not about food safety, it's about - there's something more sinister at issue here and we just need to protect the right of rural Nova Scotians to grow their own food.
MR. SPEAKER: I just want to remind the honourable member not to refer to the honourable minister by name, please, and I am bordering on the use of the word "sinister". We'll make a note of that.
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MR. DAVID WILSON: They said it was about other things that they wanted to see negotiated, so why wouldn't the government take that opportunity to do that? They felt bullied, Madam Speaker, they really did.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order, it is unparliamentary to use the term bullied in debate.
MR. DAVID WILSON: Sorry about that, Madam Speaker, I'll retract that. I believe I can say what the definition of bully is, and the definition of bully is: use of threat or coercion, intimidate or aggressively dominate others; the behaviour is often repeated habitually.
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MICHEL SAMSON: Should I say I feel like I'm being bullied right now because the Acting Leader of the NDP is heckling me? Well I can tell you right now, you can heckle all night and you're not going to bully me, I can warn you right now.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order, please. It is unparliamentary to suggest that you are being bullied in the House. (Interruptions) I would ask the honourable member to please retract the statement.
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HON. LABI KOUSOULIS: ... ? It's an accounting trick. It did turn into 11 payments, but there are still 12 months in a year, and every single person on income assistance was going to miss their rent payment. (Interruptions)
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MR. TERRY FARRELL: ... Now I said this bill was misnamed and I think I am going to try my hand at giving it a slightly more accurate name here this afternoon. I'm going to call this the buying seniors' votes Act, is what I think we should call it.
Now, fortunately for seniors in the province . . .
MADAM SPEAKER: Order, please. I would ask the honourable member to please retract that statement. A couple of your comments have been bordering on unparlimentary and I would ask that you retract that please.
