No wonder the rest of Canada think's we're a bunch of rednecks.
Members of Alberta legislature have spitting match over Stronach insult
Lorraine Turchansky
Canadian Press
May 18, 2005
EDMONTON (CP) -- What started out as a crude swipe at Tory-turned-Liberal Belinda Stronach morphed into a nasty confrontation between two members of the Alberta legislature Wednesday.
Tony Abbott, a rural Conservative backbencher who is also an evangelical Christian minister, found himself apologizing repeatedly for saying Stronach was "whoring" herself by defecting to the Liberals.
Abbott said he made the remark out of anger but decided to retract it after getting plenty of negative feedback from his constituents -- including his wife. read the rest here...
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one wonders how they'll write that up in hansard.
ReplyDeleteknowing the Tories, they'll probably edit it out.
ReplyDelete1) He said it after a caucus meeting in the hallway. Media were scrumming everyone who left.
ReplyDelete2) They only edit Hansard for clarity, not for content.
Mr. Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments.
About Hansard, this is Alberta, the land of Sheriff Ralph and his Public Relations Bureau posse. Editing Hansard is probably pretty easy when you got 200 spin doctors working for you.
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Great title on this post - I am still shocked when I think of Abbott's reckless comments.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the vote of confidence : )
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