Question Period, April 4th, 2005
2:00 Right on time, Paul Martin starts with a statement on the Pope. I had no idea PM the PM was so into Catholicism, which is kinda weird because I thought the Catholic Church was against gay marriage? Yes? No? Did I miss something?
2:03 PM is finished, people clap politely
2:03 SCARY Stephen does the same. All of the MP’s sitting around Stephen look like they are seriously ready for a smack down. BTW, Harper is considerably thinner than Martin, not that it matters, but personally, I don’t want no scrubs.
2:06 more clapping
2:07 Gilles Duceppe starts his statement. True to form, Duceppe is the best-dressed guy in the room and true to form, he has that perpetual, “I get no sleep and it’s not because of daylight savings” look with the bags under his eyes. Still, Duceppe is kinda hot.
He mentions something about ‘sewing the seeds of peace’. Sew the seeds of a coalition, bitch!
2:10: Jack Layton starts his tribute. To paraphrase “One of the great humanitarians…socialism…redistribution of wealth… I met the Pope and he was genuine and kind…Marx…Cuba…blah, blah, blah”
2:13: A moment of silence, yet, I could swear I hear Scott Brison crying…
2:14 Don Boudria is yakking and behind him is seated Judy Sgro which by the way, rhymes with Brault.
2:15 Beth Phinney, a Hamilton MP, talks about how April is cancer awareness month. Phinney mentions how cancer kills thousands every year. I think whoever is Phinney’s ASSistant forgot to mention that lack of specialists, equipment shortages and long wait lists ain’t that healthy either.
Hold up…my dog wants to go out.
2:23 I’m back! Some guy from Ajax is going on about municipalities. Dude looks about 12.
2:24 Claude Drouin is going on about farms. I’m getting antsy. I want someone to kidnap the Speaker and just let them go at it, Gangs of New York-style.
2:30 Question Period! YAY!
2:31 SCARY Stephen smugly gets up and asks PM if he wants the ruler or the belt. I kid! It was really a question about the Gomery Commission.
PM goes on about how members of the Liberal Party have given their all for their country.
Bitch, please. I know some young men buried in Flanders Field who would have serious issues with that statement.
Harper poses a Kazemi question, something about why we still have relations with Iran and Paul answers that the Gomery Inquiry was meant to get answers and that the Liberal Party wants to get to the bottom of this sponsorship scandal. I kid you not! That’s what he said! He is booed.
Harper retorts that PM should be defending a Canadian citizen and not his party. BINGO.
PM answers en français about how brining over the Iranian MD is proof of how committed they are
Stockwell Day gets up to ask a question. Says we knew of all this in November and Stock, is seriously pissed off. But not in that insincere “Paul Martin fighting for Canadian values sort of way”, but in the Daniel Day Lewis vs. Irish immigrants in a Martin Scorsese film sort of way.
Pierre Pettigrew gets up and says that they have been forceful against Iran at the UNHCR Great! I feel at ease knowing Kofi Anan is taking time away from his busy Oil for Food schedule to hear us out!
Stock demands that we recall the ambassador prompting Pettigrew to say that having a presence in Iran is necessary to get to the bottom of the case. Yes, Pierre, I’m sure they’re all lining up in front of the embassy in Tehran to give us all the info we want.
Duceppe is acknowledged and asks a question on Kyoto in French. PARTY POOPER! Just when it was getting good…
Stéphane Dion answers. I actually kinda crush on Dion but don’t tell anyone ‘cause that’s weird.
Jack Layton asks a question on Kyoto as well, something about setting a date.
Dion answers in English, “Ve ah all on barde” Vork eet, Stéphane!
I’m slowing spacing out.
Oh! Diane Albonczy is on! I like Diane. She’s got this maternal vibe that makes you always want to stick up for her, kinda like you would for yo’ mama. She asks something to Joe Volpe about protection for whistleblowers.
Joe Volpe mentions something about screwing Sgro over royally.
Volpe is followed by Yves Lessard on EI, and Stephen Fletcher on healh care. It looks as thought the slug fest may have subsided for now, but it promises to resume as the salacious details leak. I can't wait!
~B
2:00 Right on time, Paul Martin starts with a statement on the Pope. I had no idea PM the PM was so into Catholicism, which is kinda weird because I thought the Catholic Church was against gay marriage? Yes? No? Did I miss something?
2:03 PM is finished, people clap politely
2:03 SCARY Stephen does the same. All of the MP’s sitting around Stephen look like they are seriously ready for a smack down. BTW, Harper is considerably thinner than Martin, not that it matters, but personally, I don’t want no scrubs.
2:06 more clapping
2:07 Gilles Duceppe starts his statement. True to form, Duceppe is the best-dressed guy in the room and true to form, he has that perpetual, “I get no sleep and it’s not because of daylight savings” look with the bags under his eyes. Still, Duceppe is kinda hot.
He mentions something about ‘sewing the seeds of peace’. Sew the seeds of a coalition, bitch!
2:10: Jack Layton starts his tribute. To paraphrase “One of the great humanitarians…socialism…redistribution of wealth… I met the Pope and he was genuine and kind…Marx…Cuba…blah, blah, blah”
2:13: A moment of silence, yet, I could swear I hear Scott Brison crying…
2:14 Don Boudria is yakking and behind him is seated Judy Sgro which by the way, rhymes with Brault.
2:15 Beth Phinney, a Hamilton MP, talks about how April is cancer awareness month. Phinney mentions how cancer kills thousands every year. I think whoever is Phinney’s ASSistant forgot to mention that lack of specialists, equipment shortages and long wait lists ain’t that healthy either.
Hold up…my dog wants to go out.
2:23 I’m back! Some guy from Ajax is going on about municipalities. Dude looks about 12.
2:24 Claude Drouin is going on about farms. I’m getting antsy. I want someone to kidnap the Speaker and just let them go at it, Gangs of New York-style.
2:30 Question Period! YAY!
2:31 SCARY Stephen smugly gets up and asks PM if he wants the ruler or the belt. I kid! It was really a question about the Gomery Commission.
PM goes on about how members of the Liberal Party have given their all for their country.
Bitch, please. I know some young men buried in Flanders Field who would have serious issues with that statement.
Harper poses a Kazemi question, something about why we still have relations with Iran and Paul answers that the Gomery Inquiry was meant to get answers and that the Liberal Party wants to get to the bottom of this sponsorship scandal. I kid you not! That’s what he said! He is booed.
Harper retorts that PM should be defending a Canadian citizen and not his party. BINGO.
PM answers en français about how brining over the Iranian MD is proof of how committed they are
Stockwell Day gets up to ask a question. Says we knew of all this in November and Stock, is seriously pissed off. But not in that insincere “Paul Martin fighting for Canadian values sort of way”, but in the Daniel Day Lewis vs. Irish immigrants in a Martin Scorsese film sort of way.
Pierre Pettigrew gets up and says that they have been forceful against Iran at the UNHCR Great! I feel at ease knowing Kofi Anan is taking time away from his busy Oil for Food schedule to hear us out!
Stock demands that we recall the ambassador prompting Pettigrew to say that having a presence in Iran is necessary to get to the bottom of the case. Yes, Pierre, I’m sure they’re all lining up in front of the embassy in Tehran to give us all the info we want.
Duceppe is acknowledged and asks a question on Kyoto in French. PARTY POOPER! Just when it was getting good…
Stéphane Dion answers. I actually kinda crush on Dion but don’t tell anyone ‘cause that’s weird.
Jack Layton asks a question on Kyoto as well, something about setting a date.
Dion answers in English, “Ve ah all on barde” Vork eet, Stéphane!
I’m slowing spacing out.
Oh! Diane Albonczy is on! I like Diane. She’s got this maternal vibe that makes you always want to stick up for her, kinda like you would for yo’ mama. She asks something to Joe Volpe about protection for whistleblowers.
Joe Volpe mentions something about screwing Sgro over royally.
Volpe is followed by Yves Lessard on EI, and Stephen Fletcher on healh care. It looks as thought the slug fest may have subsided for now, but it promises to resume as the salacious details leak. I can't wait!
~B
posted by Blogette @ 4:02 PM
6 Comments:
At 4:49 PM,
Anonymous said…
great stuff! i didn't watch, but you certainly got all the nuances and hot moments I would never seen on the evening news!
maria
At 4:56 PM,
Michael said…
Yes, both Paul Martin and Jean Chretien are catholic. That is why when the pope visited Canada a few years back he gave them both a tongue lashing over same-sex marriage. I specifically remember Paul Martin talk about how he does not believe his faith should play any role in his political views and openly said the pope's rebuke would not influence his position on homosexual marriage.
At 4:58 PM,
Blogette said…
thanks for the update...I figured it was something along those lines.
~B
At 5:10 PM,
The Hack said…
Sorry for putting the idea in your head to do this. I found it disappointing too, but I figure the parties are still trying to figure out exactly how to proceed. Good stuff again though.
At 9:40 AM,
Andrew said…
Once again, I wonder why Martin dumped Dion from Cabinet and kept Pettigrew. Dion is clearly the better of the two.
Great stuff yesterday. The Conservatives are truly pissed off, and now I'm starting to get pissed off at this government. Martin talking about the Liberal Party instead of Kazemi was truly disgraceful. I hope that people at home are paying attention; we have a Prime Minister who cares more about the reputation of his political party than in the rape, torture and murder of a Canadian citizen.
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