Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, have a definition of doublespeak taken from a dictionary, as well, that says, intentionally deceiving language, not an outright lie or a tactful euphemism, but a systematic use of ambiguous, evasive words and sentence structures to say one thing but mean something else, commonly associated with the bureaucracy, military and politics. It is often practiced in commerce, also a calculated attempt to: (1) avoid or shift responsibility; (2) distort reality by making the bad, negative or unpleasant look good, positive or pleasant and vice versa; and (3) confused by using unfamiliar or concocted jargon, an example, see collateral damage as an example. It’s also called doubletalk or doublethink. The noun: evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to confuse. It comes originally in 1957 from a book by George Orwell and it’s often referred to as doubletalk, as well, which is meaningless speech which consists of nonsense syllables mixed with intelligent words, also sometimes known as gibberish, deliberately ambiguous or evasive language also called doublespeak.

Mr. Speaker, in responding to some of the things that the Minister said yesterday, I felt that she was clearly using ambiguous language that wasn’t clear and I think doublespeak fits that term. I look forward to your ruling. Thank you.