<1 _Casthégi News November 18, 1987 PARLIAMENTARY LANGUAGE JUST PLAIN NASTY By JOAN RAMSAY Canadian Press OTTAWA — “Lying scum!” “Sleazebag!” “God damned ignorant bitch!” A barroom brawl? No. It's a sample of Canada's members of Parliament in action since August. Their behavior wouldn't meet Emily Post's most basic rules of etiquette and it certainly doesn’t come up to the standards of Arthur Beauchesne, whose book of rules guides Commons decorum. The nastiness began about a month after the Commons was recalled Aug. 11 and it became worse with time. In August, nd MPs wére forced to withdraw un- parliamentary remarks, according to Commons debate records. In Septeriiber, one MP withdrew remarks.«In October and the first five days of November, at least 17 MPs withdrew statements and one, New Democrat Jim Fulton, refused to withdraw. SETS GUIDELINES What MPs can and can’t oy in the Commons is i defined by B hy y Rules and Forms. Under the guidelines, awensiog or indecent language is an offence — as is the term liar, or any variation thereof. As well, members are not permitted to indulge in any reflections of the House itself as a political institution; or to impute to any member or members ‘Swearing or indecent language is an offence’ unworthy motives for their actions in a particular case . argue against or in any manner call in question the past acts and proceedings of the House; or to speak in abusive and disrespectful terms of an act of Parliament.” For what that doesn’t cover, Beauchesne says, “much depends upon the tone and the manner, and intention, of the person speaking . . . and sometimes upon the degree of provocation .. . .” However, the text points out what's unparlia- mentary today may not necessarily be so next week. ‘TIMES CHANGE For, example, it’s unlikely that calling someone “a bag of wind” would cause the same reaction now that it did in 1878, when it was ruled unparliamentary. That's mild next to the more recent examples: Sle&izebag, scumbag, ignorant bitch, bastard, cowardly, despicable, dastardly, racist. There are also a number variations on liar, lied and lying: mendacious, not honest, not telling the truth, fabrication. There are words that are not unparliamentary, but not nice, either — calling a fellow MP a baby, cheeky, a swine or a terrorist or even a minister of social injustice. And then there are statements that are OK if aimed at a group rather than an individual. Saying the New Democrats are making asses of themselves is not un- parliamentary, it was ruled last April. AVOID NAMES It’s also a custom — rather than a rule — not to refer to another member by name. It is “the honorable member for” whatever riding. The Speaker, who is basically the Commons referee, has only one official option for dealing with an MP who refuses to unparli he can name the member — use the member's 's name rather than riding — and expel him or her from the Commons for the rest of the day. But John Fraser, Speaker since October 1986, says he doesn’t consider that any punishment at all. So he has used a Speaker's unofficial option — to refuse to “see” the unrepentant member. MPs must “catch the eye” of the Speaker and be recognized before they can ask a question or make a statement. Fraser chose that option Oct. 30 for Fulton, who has refused to withdraw his charge that Prime Minister Brian Mulroney is a “lying scum” for accusing the opposition of being anti-Western Canada. Since them, Fulton has become “invisible” to the Speaker and will continue to he until he apologizes. hope last week's break will have sweataued the dispositions of their more rambunctious colleagues. 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ELECT FOR COUNCIL CHERNOFF, ww Pattison tells his rags-to-riches story By MIRO CERNETIG Canadian Press VANCOUVER — Jimmy Pattison hated it when snotty rich kids treated him like a gardener. “They seemed to me to be arrogant, spoiled brats,” the multimillionaire businessman recalls, “demanding people who, because of an accident of birth, had a misplaced sense of their own worth.” Nobody treats the former Expo 86 chairman like a servant any longer. ‘ That's the inescapable message in Pattison's recently published autobiography, Jimmy, a rags-to-riches story that often seems like a tour of his corporate trophy case. But Pattison, who gained worldwide attention during his tenure at Expo, reveals few personal details. He says he took to heart his mother’s advice not to let the other guy know what you know. He said in an interview he decided to write the book with the help of author Paul Grescoe because he knew an unauthorized biography was in the works. BUCKED TREND “I decided if there was going to be a book it might &’s well be the facts. I just told the story the way it is.” That story is an exceptional tale of a man who promised to be a millionaire by 40 and bucked the establishment every step of the way. Famous for stooping in front of TV cameras to pick up cigarette butts and litter from the Expo 86 Pattison delights in comparing his own corporate frugality to what he perceives as excesses in others. In his book, he tells of his horror at finding that Michael Bartlett, the president of Expo 86 whom he fired, used the fair's money to buy an office garbage can for more than $100. But the former car salesman, who toots a trumpet and wears three Swiss watches to keep track of banking hours in different time zones, provides few other details of that firing or the many others that preceded Expo's opening. Pattison does detail — exhaustively — how he turned a $40,000 bank loan into a billion-dollar empire on sheer nerve and business savvy. Never shying from self-praise, Pattison offers some insights into how be surprised some of Canada's business host and candied his pacts of business contacts. DEATH THREATS He also tells of anonymous death and kidnap threats he has had over the years and how he managed to ride out criticism when feminists revealed a company he holds shares in distributes soft-core pornography. But it's the snippets of information about Pattison's personal philosophy and lifestyle that are the most intriguing aspect of a man many have accused of being ruthless. While building a car dealership, Pattison admits he would unfailing fire the salesman with the lowest production every month, believing the employee was likely in the wrong business. “It isn't working out, Charlie,” Pattison told one salesman shortly before Christmas in 1950. “T felt so bad that I cried with Charlie,” Pattison writes, “But I fired him.” Pattison also cried when his father died — for two years. “For the next two years, I cried every single day — in my car, going to work or coming home, it never failed. Every day, remembering my father, I wept.” REVEALS LITTLE A devoted family man and Christian, Pattison reveals little in his book about his family life, other than a firm belief his three children and six grandchildren must fend for themselves. ROGERS ALDERMAN COMMITMENT WE NEED! 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