own Throne Speech, Opposition MP Kim Young has charged.

Mrs. Young suggested to the Progressive Labour Party, just before the House of Assembly adjourned, that they honour what they promised in their Throne Speech.

Mrs. Young was speaking on the controversy over Government's opposition to having lawyer Saul Froomkin QC appointed as Canada's Honorary Consul to the Island.

Stressing she was not as concerned about the person involved as with the actions of the Government, Mrs. Young read the relevant sections from the three documents which pertained to her argument.

"If it is true,'' she said, "and it has not been denied, that being perceived or having indeed a real political affiliation is the reason the Government have opposed the appointment, then this goes against the Human Rights Act and the Bermuda Constitution.'' Mrs. Young said: "The PLP started a storm in a tea cup 40 years ago which led to new human rights legislation. If we don't create a storm in a tea cup over this, how do we know what the domino effect will be?'' she held.

Reading from the Human Rights Act, she highlighted the section which lists a number of areas where a person is not allowed to discriminate. One of the listed descriptions reads "belief or political opinions of the person to whom it is applied''.

Section 12, subsection three of the Constitution lists "political opinions'' as one of the areas in which people should not be discriminated against.

Calling on the PLP to "revisit what they said in their Throne Speech'', Mrs.

Young read from page 12 of the document.

"We must enter into relationships with our fellowmen with a spirit of respect and understanding,'' she noted. "This will allow differences of opinion and the peaceful resolution of any misunderstanding or conflict of opinion which may arise.'' John Barritt said he was "profoundly disappointed'' at not getting an explanation whether a newspaper report on Premier Smith's letter to the Canadian Government about Mr. Froomkin's appointment.

"Speculation?'' he said to Government MPs who said newspaper reports and radio talk show commentary on the real reasons why the PLP do not want Mr.

Froomkin as Canadian Honorary Consul.

"We're starting to believe it is true... There are rumours out there and it's getting ugly. If it is true then we're introducing payback politics.'' Mr. Barrit said that without an explanation from Ms Smith, the public could believe that because Mr. Froomkin had represented the opposition in a writ against the PLP.

"It seems that if you stand up for what you believe in or you are an advocate for people that are unpopular you may end up on a hit list,'' Mr. Barritt said.

"I can't imagine what the Canadian people think,'' Mr. Barritt said.

But Dame Lois struck back and said the climate Mr. Barritt's predecessors fostered in the country was immeasurable.

She said just this week prominent Bermudians had stepped forward for the first time in 40 years to admit they had led the secret campaign to desegregate Bermuda.

"40 years in the wilderness, 40 years of rejecting coming to sit in this house,'' Dame Lois said before telling Mr. Barritt he came from a liberal family.

"We don't want to see the Barritt's regress,'' she said. "Stop pandering to the Froomkins of this country. Stop playing games.'' She said her appointment as Jamaica's honorary counsel came about because Jamaica applied to the United Kingdom to have her represent their interests here.

"If Canada wants representation here it has to go through the channels,'' she said. "Go to the UK. But I don't think Saul Froomkin is uptight.'' Shadow finance minister Grant Gibbons said he wished to take the "pragmatic'' view and said the Island must "make her friends before she needs them.

"It is politically embarrassing that Bermuda has turned down the Canadian choice for counsel particularly with no substantive reason,'' he said. "It appears to be school yard politics. We need a demonstration that Bermuda understands international politics.'' Dr. Gibbons said Canada was a member of the Group of Seven Nations and the OECD and could lobby for the Island -- but antagonising Canada was not the way.

Also in the motion to adjourn shadow tourism minister David Dodwell called on tourism minister David Allen to withdraw the current advertising campaign which he called "tasteless and offensive''.

He said Sunday's New York Times Travel Section, read by millions would have an ad bashing Bermuda as it had done Long Island's Hamptons.

The ad has been placed by the Long Island Convention and Business Bureau.

"Why would you beat up on other jurisdictions,'' he said. "That works on soap and car ads. But it doesn't work for a class act like Bermuda.'' Mr. Dodwell said the ads were "insulting'' to New Yorkers who travel to Bermuda and The Hamptons and for Hamptons residents.

"I'm calling on the minister to withdraw those ads,'' he said. "We do not and we should not profit from bashing other people. Don't lower ourselves.

Mr. Dodwell added: "It cheapens Bermuda. And we're not going to get people that way.'' And he said the minister's claim that phone calls to the Island's 1-800 number was up was not backed up by an explanation, saying the phone calls could have been complaints rather than inquiries.