…That will “force” (???) other (???) opposition parties to take a position specifically on the proposed increase to the inclusion rate rather than it being just one item in a laundry list of budget policies they vote for or against as a whole.
Huh….could almost smell something cooking earlier in the day here…
Force (???) “other” opposition parties? What a strange & interesting way to word this…
…& here we are. This is the day Poilievre was sent out of Parliament by Speaker Fergus for doing what the PM had himself done a few minutes earlier. Interesting…
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s expulsion from question period was actually a sideshow rather than the main attraction in this disgraceful spectacle.
When asked about the very real issue of the opioid crisis in British Columbia, Trudeau resorted to baseless personal attacks. Last week, facing ever-increasing opioid overdose deaths and chaos from public drug use, B.C.’s NDP premier asked the federal government to recriminalize hard drugs in most instances.
The Liberal government has yet to give an answer on that and when Poilievre asked Trudeau about that issue, Trudeau ignored the it, opting instead for personal attacks.
Disgraceful display fuelled by PM's desperation, Fergus's shortcomings as Speaker
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Trudeau stood up and said that Poilievre was “showing us exactly what shameful, spineless leadership looks like.” That is unparliamentary language and not allowed, according to the rules, but Fergus didn’t stop Trudeau and allowed him to keep making personal attacks toward Poilievre.
It was only when Conservative MPs were shouting Fergus down that he acted.
“Get it together, Greg!” one MP could be heard yelling from the Conservative benches.
“Do you have any idea what you’re doing?” called out another.
Fergus then stood and instead of chastising the prime minister, he turned his attention toward Conservative MP Rachel Thomas, who had challenged Fergus’ lack of action.
“The chair is acting in a disgraceful manner,” said Thomas.
For refusing to withdraw, Thomas was ejected.
Fergus, a Liberal MP who has shown favouritism toward the Liberal government since being elected as Speaker last fall, then told the prime minister that he could restart his answer, but never asked him to withdraw the unparliamentary language.
That same courtesy wasn’t afforded to Poilievre when he again asked about the drug policy in B.C., calling it a “wacko policy from this wacko prime minister.”
Unlike when Trudeau used unparliamentary language, Fergus was on his feet chastising Poilievre immediately and demanding he withdraw his comments. When Poilievre eventually said he would withdraw “wacko” and replace it with “extremist,” Fergus ejected the opposition leader to wild applause from the Liberal benches.
…& on the divide & conquer Liberal strategy….where I’m sure the Bloc found the whole thing hilarious, & the NDP (the opposition to the opposition in the non-coalition coalition that’s definitely not a coalition-type coalition) would inevitably side with the Liberals ‘cuz pensions…I mean Left something something…leaving Lizzie May to blow wine out’a her nose from her eco-friendly reusable Tim Hortons travel mug mistakenly thinking she heard someone say the word “Fart.” Wow…now that’s an unbiased showing in Parliament today.
What are the “other” opposition parties saying about this?? Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet was clearly pleased by the events, thanking Fergus in French for showing "common sense" in the chamber.
Then Singh…well, you’re pretty much know he will take a little shot at Trudeau, & a big shot at Poilievre ‘cuz that’s his thing.
