"Mr. Speaker, I Insist on the Right to Ask Legitimate Questions"

By Baxter

Wow — now we know why "Seinfeld's" Kramer liked to videotape the Canadian Parliament. Here are excerpts from the House of Commons' Question & Answer period back on May 8:



Liberal MPs repeatedly ask whether Maxime Bernier, then the Foreign Affairs Minister for Stephen Harper's Conservative government, could assure them that his former girlfriend, Julie Couillard, had never posed a national security risk — by, for example, having unauthorized access to sensitive information. Outraged Conservatives consistently make fun of them and, at one point, shout them down.

Now, of course — thanks to her Monday night T.V. interview — we all know that indeed Madame Couillard was given unauthorized access to sensitive, national-security-related information. Monsieur Bernier left NATO documents at her Montreal apartment and promptly forgot about them for five full weeks.

We're not sure they've done so, but we sure hope that all those indignant Tories have apologized to every Liberal whom they ridiculed and insulted three weeks ago — especially that valiant MP from Saskatchewan who insisted on being heard. We PURR in that gentleman's direction for his determination in the face of an unruly Tory mob.

And we also think that Prime Minister Harper — who's been (forgive the expression) "dogged" with questions on the Bernier scandal on his current European trip — needs to beg the forgiveness of the Liberal and Bloc Quebecois leaders whom he called gossiping busybodies. But don't hold your breath.