Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have a point of order under section 23(h) and (i) of the Rules of the Legislative Assembly. Mr. Speaker, yesterday when we were discussing in committee of the whole and when I reviewed Hansard, I noticed on page 1229 that Ms. Lee had said and I will quote this piece, "...but it is the Minister who put this into the supplementary appropriation and the headline on Friday said $500,000 for the payout. That came out of the public document which is supp 3." First of all, Mr. Speaker, she is wrong. Supp 3 talks about $695,000 or so, not $500,000.
It goes on to say, "if it is true, as he has been saying, that he knows his obligation under this contract and that he was not to do anything that would reveal it, for him to have put it into a supplementary appropriation is a ground for questioning his conduct."
Mr. Speaker, the Member is very aware that I have a statutory obligation as Minister of Finance to put into the supp anything that is going to require additional spending. That appropriation is put in there because the Department of the Executive does not have the money to handle it.
Mr. Speaker, in this statement she is clearly imputing a motive to me and second, is questioning my integrity. Mr. Speaker, clearly, I think the rules of this House are very simple, straightforward and clearly understood. This is not allowed. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.