Speaker of the Senate
Speaker’s Ruling – Point of Order by Senator Bellemare on Unparliamentary Language
Honourable senators will know, of course, that rule 6-13(1) states:
All personal, sharp or taxing speeches are unparliamentary and are out of order.
I would therefore ask senators to avoid unnecessarily impugning motives to senators who enter debate. That has no place in debate; we are debating the substance of motions and bills, not what goes behind any particular senator’s personal reason for doing it.
I therefore ask and urge all honourable senators to use tempered language and decorum in all debates.