Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I’ve waited until today to raise this point or order because I wanted to review yesterday’s Hansard. On Tuesday, May 11th , during

his Member’s statement, Mr. Ramsay said, and I quote from page 5 of unedited Hansard of that day, “Minister Lee has been given her marching orders by Cabinet and she is being too arrogant and too ignorant to see that by pursuing this direction she is doing untold damage to her reputation as a people’s politician.” Mr. Speaker, I submit in the accusation of being arrogant and ignorant are clearly abusive and violate Rule 23(k) that states in debate, a Member will be called to order by the Speaker if the Member uses abusive or insulting language of a nature likely to create disorder.

In the same statement, Mr. Ramsay also said, and I quote from page 5 unedited Hansard from May 11th ,

“It is a gross misrepresentation of the laurels of this government to be fair and equitable to all they serve. All of this for what? To divide people on racial lines to save $2.5 million a year.” Mr. Speaker, these comments impute false or hidden motives to Minister Lee and the government as a whole, which is a violation of Rule 23(i), and moreover, Mr. Speaker, any comment that suggests the government establishes policies based on racial considerations is abhorrent, irresponsible and should not be tolerated in this House. Thank you.