June 16, 1982
Hon. Jeanne Sauvé
Use of term "mendacities"
Any word that is a synonym of a word that is unparliamentary cannot be substituted for the unparliamentary expression, and from now on the word "mendacity" will be considered unparliamentary as...
The Speaker ruled that using synonyms for unparliamentary words, such as 'mendacity' for lying, is also unparliamentary and must be challenged via a point of order.