With Harper still in Los Cabos for the G20 meeting, and with Jason Kenney in the news over a curse-laden email, it was up to John Baird to again take on the role as back-up PM du jour. And when Thomas Mulcair kicked off QP by asking whether there would be another omnibus budget bill in the fall \u2013 giving the oh-so-clever \u201cmore like ominous bill\u201d as part of his answer \u2013 to which John Baird touted their focus on jobs and growth. When Mulcair turned to the issues of transparency and accountability in respect to the PBO\u2019s search for data on the cuts (Baird: Yay Accountability Act! Oh, and the PBO has overstepped his mandate). Linda Duncan was up next to give a grave and sanctimonious account of Jason Kenney\u2019s email in which he called the Deputy Premier of Alberta \u201ca complete and utter asshole\u201d \u2013 though she couldn\u2019t repeat that in the House. Kenney stood up and not only didn\u2019t apologise, but hit back at Duncan and the NDP for not supporting the development of the oilsands and then once again distorted the \u201cDutch disease\u201d comments. Bob Rae was then up and wondered why Kenney refused to apologise. Kenney continued to not apologise, but touted his government\u2019s \u201cclose working relationship\u201d with Alberta and oh, he got 76 percent of the vote in his riding during the last election \u2013 as though that gives him a mandate to insult provincial representatives. Rae idly wondered what Kenney would have called him if he got 80 percent of the vote, but Kenney stuck to his non-apology.<\/p>\n
Round two kicked off with Peggy Nash asking about the effects of the omnibus budget bill while preaching to Europe (Glover: You voted against jobs), Don Davies and Romeo Saganash wondered about the \u201cprice paid\u201d for entry into TPP negotiations (Keddy: The NDP hates trade), Jack Harris asked about the investigation into a soldier\u2019s suicide (MacKay: This is an issue of solicitor-client privilege), Christine Moore and Matthew Kellway asked about the fighter jet secretariat being made up the same people who mismanaged the procurement process already (Ambrose: Look at all of these qualified people including a former Auditor General). Scott Andrews asked about the Del Mastro allegations (Poilievre: Take it outside!), and Denis Coderre and Kevin Lamoureux returned to the issue of Kenney\u2019s email, Lamoureux going so far as to give the full quote only to have the Speaker remind him he can\u2019t use the word, and Lamoureux stood up to say that as a man, he knows he\u2019s done wrong and apologised (Kenney still didn\u2019t apologise). Hoang Mai asked about corrupt CRA officials (Shea: There is an RCMP investigation and it\u2019s before the courts), and Charlie Angus asked about Del Mastro investigation (Poilievre: What about your own improper union sponsorships?).<\/p>\n
Round three saw questions on more RCMP harassment allegations, the CBSA\u2019s surveillance and privacy concerns, the impact of the EI changes on small business owners in seasonal industries, corporate social responsibility in Panama by Canadian mining companies, the Kenney email yet again, federal job cuts on PEI, an international oceans treaty, cuts to regional services, and the lack of an energy policy for Eastern Canada.<\/p>\n
Sartorially speaking, snaps go out to Michelle Rempel<\/a> for a grey striped dress with a black jacket, and to James Bezan<\/a> for a grey suit with a pin kshirt and pocket square with a pink and grey patterned tie. Style citations go out to the Honourable Member for Warhammer<\/a> for his tan jacket, brown shirt and grey paisley tie, and to Linda Duncan<\/a> for a gauzy long top with a green floral pattern, with a light moss skirt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With Harper still in Los Cabos for the G20 meeting, and with Jason Kenney in the news over a curse-laden email, it was up to John Baird to again take on the role as back-up PM du jour. And when … Continue reading