MP=Mainly Pathetic?
I am sometimes amazed (or is it appalled?) by the conduct of those elected to represent us in Parliament. Frankly, I can understand why some people don't bother to vote...probably because they support none of the options on the ballot! Witness this scene from what appears to be a school playground...I can't believe the Speaker even has to deal with with this stuff when they should be debating the nation's business, which is apparently what they give themselves pay raises to do. The people that made the comments seen below AND those who insist on eating up valuable time reacting to said comments disgust me equally.
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Hon. Denis Coderre (Bourassa, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, during oral question period, there was heckling going on while my hon. colleague from Honoré-Mercier was putting a question to the Minister of the Environment.
I do not know why, but the Minister of Foreign Affairs took comments about environmental impacts on humans and animals as a personal attack.
Someone on our side shouted, “What about Peter's dog?”, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs shouted back, “You already have her”. What an appalling thing to say.
It is disgusting. It is shameful. I demand to know why the Minister of Foreign Affairs stated that. I want to know at whom he was aiming. I want him to apologize to everyone. It is disgusting.
Mr. Mark Holland (Ajax—Pickering, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, on the same point of order, there were some comments on this side of the House that the lack of action on the environment by the government might have an impact on the foreign affairs minister's dog, to which the foreign affairs minister responded, “You already have her”, and he gestured toward the seat in front of me, which is the seat of the member for Newmarket—Aurora.
This is clearly shameful. The minister owes an apology to the House. It was a shameful display, for which he absolutely must apologize.
Hon. Rona Ambrose (Minister of the Environment, CPC):
Mr. Speaker, I am not sure what happened over here but I would like to point out that the member for Bourassa, who raised this question, at one point called me a name, a sexist comment saying that I was merely a pretty picture vase sitting at the front of the entrance to a home.
It has been a number of months, but I am glad he raised this issue because it has always bothered me, so I would like an apology from him today for that.
Hon. Denis Coderre (Bourassa, Lib.):
I would like her, Mr. Speaker, to tell me what this is about exactly, given that I never address her or speak to her.
Obviously, this is a diversion tactic on the part of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is once again making a show of his private life in this House.
He should apologize.
I do not know what the member is talking about. She can call me and talk to me, but I do not know what she is talking about.
The Speaker:
We will leave this matter for the moment.
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Hon. Denis Coderre (Bourassa, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, during oral question period, there was heckling going on while my hon. colleague from Honoré-Mercier was putting a question to the Minister of the Environment.
I do not know why, but the Minister of Foreign Affairs took comments about environmental impacts on humans and animals as a personal attack.
Someone on our side shouted, “What about Peter's dog?”, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs shouted back, “You already have her”. What an appalling thing to say.
It is disgusting. It is shameful. I demand to know why the Minister of Foreign Affairs stated that. I want to know at whom he was aiming. I want him to apologize to everyone. It is disgusting.
Mr. Mark Holland (Ajax—Pickering, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, on the same point of order, there were some comments on this side of the House that the lack of action on the environment by the government might have an impact on the foreign affairs minister's dog, to which the foreign affairs minister responded, “You already have her”, and he gestured toward the seat in front of me, which is the seat of the member for Newmarket—Aurora.
This is clearly shameful. The minister owes an apology to the House. It was a shameful display, for which he absolutely must apologize.
Hon. Rona Ambrose (Minister of the Environment, CPC):
Mr. Speaker, I am not sure what happened over here but I would like to point out that the member for Bourassa, who raised this question, at one point called me a name, a sexist comment saying that I was merely a pretty picture vase sitting at the front of the entrance to a home.
It has been a number of months, but I am glad he raised this issue because it has always bothered me, so I would like an apology from him today for that.
Hon. Denis Coderre (Bourassa, Lib.):
I would like her, Mr. Speaker, to tell me what this is about exactly, given that I never address her or speak to her.
Obviously, this is a diversion tactic on the part of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is once again making a show of his private life in this House.
He should apologize.
I do not know what the member is talking about. She can call me and talk to me, but I do not know what she is talking about.
The Speaker:
We will leave this matter for the moment.
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