Oops... Dion to appologize to Harper?
Oh my... in today's Question Period, Mr. Dion implied that Mr. Harper out and out lied about something. After Question Period, Government House Leader Peter Van Loan rose on a Point of Order, and said... (paraphrase, still waiting for Hansard)
"Mr. Speaker, as recently as a few days ago, you reminded this House about their use of unParliamentary language. Today during Question Period, the Leader of the Opposition made such a reference to the Prime Minister, implying that he had lied to this House. I ask that you request that the Honourable Leader of the Opposition, in the tradition of this House, to withdraw his unParliamentary remarks."
As Mr. Dion was no longer in the House, Liberal MP Ralph Goodale tried to step up and cover for Mr. Dion... to no avail, and to much heckling in the House.
Speaker Peter Miliken responded to Mr. Van Loan and Mr. Goodale by stating that he himself had had reservations about Mr. Dion's comment, but noted that the word "Liar" was not used... as the word "Liar" has been ruled many times to be unParliamentarian. The Speaker then said that he will review the comments himself, and that the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Dion, may wish to withdraw the remarks himself. Then he added, "...and if he chooses not to, he may be hearing from me."
Oops... with this brewing scandal with the FCM, today has not been a good day overall for Mr. Dion.
"Mr. Speaker, as recently as a few days ago, you reminded this House about their use of unParliamentary language. Today during Question Period, the Leader of the Opposition made such a reference to the Prime Minister, implying that he had lied to this House. I ask that you request that the Honourable Leader of the Opposition, in the tradition of this House, to withdraw his unParliamentary remarks."
As Mr. Dion was no longer in the House, Liberal MP Ralph Goodale tried to step up and cover for Mr. Dion... to no avail, and to much heckling in the House.
Speaker Peter Miliken responded to Mr. Van Loan and Mr. Goodale by stating that he himself had had reservations about Mr. Dion's comment, but noted that the word "Liar" was not used... as the word "Liar" has been ruled many times to be unParliamentarian. The Speaker then said that he will review the comments himself, and that the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Dion, may wish to withdraw the remarks himself. Then he added, "...and if he chooses not to, he may be hearing from me."
Oops... with this brewing scandal with the FCM, today has not been a good day overall for Mr. Dion.
Labels: Dion, Liberals, Not a Leader
posted by Christian Conservative @ 3:05 p.m.
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