We will be resuming debate with the hon. member for Medicine Hat, but over the last couple of weeks the word “stolen” has crept in from time to time in debate and in question period. It is a very grey area. If the word is used in a way that is not attached to a specific person but is in general, then it is not bad but it is on the cusp. I would feel much more comfortable if we did not get into that grey area. But if anyone were to use that pejorative word directed to another member directly, that would without question be unparliamentary. It is not just the word, it is the form and the context in which the word is used.
In the House of Commons on October 26th, 1998. See this statement in context.