MR. BAILLIE: Well, Mr. Speaker, that is not acceptable. Whether what happened yesterday was illegal or not, that will be decided in the courts, but whether such a despicable act, whether such an immoral act is given the stamp of approval by this government or not, that is the question I have every right and ability and responsibility to be clear, as a government, about whether they agree with giving out private medical information of an employee when it's someone they don't agree with.

HON. DAVID WILSON: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, I'd like to ask if you could review your former intervention on our members using the name of the Premier in the members' statements. I would like if you could take the time to refer back to the Second Session of the 61st Assembly, when at the time Speaker Parker ruled in the same manner as you have just done in the last number of days, Mr. Speaker.

MR. GLAVINE: My question to the Premier is, after saying one thing while in Opposition, doing the opposite once in power after misleading Nova Scotians in the election campaign, after so badly mismanaging this past budget, it's clear we can't trust you. Why should Nova Scotians . . .

MR. SPEAKER: Order, please. The word 'untrust' is unparliamentary. I would ask that you retract that, please.

MR. GLAVINE: I'll remove it from the question, Mr. Speaker.

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MR. YOUNGER: Mr. Speaker, if getting into the paving business was such a good economic decision, why did the minister feel that it was okay to mislead Nova Scotian's about the government and not give the complete truth about why it was more expensive? (Interruptions)

MR. SPEAKER: Order, please. The word "misleading" in that context is unparliamentary.

MR. YOUNGER: I think if you checked with the Clerk, Mr. Speaker . . .

HON. FRANK CORBETT: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, I would ask you, if you can find it, to review the resolution put forward by the member for Dartmouth East because I believe some of the language used in that was unparliamentary.

MR. SPEAKER: The honourable member for Dartmouth East.

MR. ANDREW YOUNGER: Mr. Speaker, I would encourage you to review it because it's not unparliamentary. It's a quote from a magazine article - and not language - that I provided to the House, which under Beauchesne's rules of order is allowed.

MR. SPEAKER: Now that we are on the subject of points of order, I would like to have a review on the point of order raised by the Government House Leader respecting the resolution tabled by the member for Dartmouth East. I believe the third whereas could be taken to associate the Premier with lying or having himself lied and I feel the inference is unparliamentary, so I'm going to instruct the Chief Clerk to delete the third whereas from Resolution No. 257. Thank you.

MR. GLAVINE: ... The Premier and the Finance Minister have been intentionally misleading Nova Scotians when they say that there is tax relief in this budget. Let us be absolutely clear, there is no tax relief.

MADAM SPEAKER: Order, please. I would remind the member that it's not acceptable to infer that there was an intentional misleading of the House. I would ask the member to retract that statement.

MR. GLAVINE: Well, I will have to consider that, Madam Speaker, because I'm not intentionally misleading the House. (Interruptions)

MADAM SPEAKER: Order, please. I would ask that the honourable member retract the word "sleazy". It is deemed unparliamentary and we can proceed.

MR. MCNEIL: Madam Speaker, let me be clear that I was referring to the process of being sleazy, no individual, but I will remove, strike that word from the record and apologize for that.

MR. EDDIE ORRELL: Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Yesterday, during Question Period, the Minister of Economic and Rural Development and Tourism said in answer to a question: "I stand here in my place, week after week, and even with a new member representing Cape Breton North, I still hear words of bullying and intimidation. I will stand here, and that member over there, or any member over there, will not intimidate me; they will not bully me."

HON. PERCY PARIS: Thank you, Madam Speaker. I wasn't in the House at the time, but I understand that there was mentioning in the House, I think it was on Tuesday, as a result of something that I said during Question Period. A point of order was raised in this House, and I want to say this: because of who I am and because I'm a strong diversity practitioner, I would retract the statement that they complained of. Thank you.

MADAM SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr. Minister. The statement is retracted.