Olive Crane accusing Premier Robert Ghiz of misleading the legislature. Province of P.E.I.

Opposition leader Olive Crane was suspended from the P.E.I. legislature Friday for the remainder of the spring sitting.

Crane was suspended for unparliamentary language she used during a debate on whether government planned to introduce HST to the province.

"The premier's record of saying one thing and doing another is shameful. He continuously breaks promises," said Crane.

"Premier, why do you continually mislead and deceive this house?"

Speaker immediately stood on Crane's "mislead and deceive" remarks and asked her to withdraw the unparliamentary comment. Crane refused.

"If you have to kick me out of the house because I'm telling the truth then there be it," she said.

Before the motion was made to suspend her, Premier Robert Ghiz stood to ask Crane one more time to withdraw the remarks, noting on several occasions he had stood in the legislature to apologize and withdraw unparliamentary remarks.

"We have a parliamentary tradition in this house one that you cannot accuse another member of misleading," Ghiz said.

Crane still refused, and a motion was passed to suspend her from house for the remainder of the sitting.

The spring sitting is expected to end Friday.