"Talking to yourselves"

Conservative Government Whip Gordon O'Connor has sent the Liberals a rather chippy (defensive?) little note, offering assurances that his party is keen to get back to work next week too when Parliament's back in session.

But he also takes a couple of shots at the Opposition roundtables, implying that all the participants were Liberals (which they were not, and really, haven't we had enough of this juvenilia from the PMO?) and that Liberals didn't hold any roundtables during the Olympics (which they did, ie, in Moncton this week.)  I guess this gives us a hint of the tone of debate to come when Parliament does return next Wednesday.

Here's the full copy of  O'Connor's  letter: Download Whip_Letter

Comments

[ConEd]

whoever wrote this for Gordon O'Connor (who I expect is next Conservative to announce he is not running in the next election) should have the good sense to be embarrassed. Whoever signed it for him should be fired.

[Catherine]

The 'recalibrated' Harper gov't sounds much like the same bunch of 'reformers.'

Where carrying a grudge replaces working for Canadians.

[Sam]

Susan – I noticed you didn’t bother to include the list of announcements Mr. O’Connor mentioned in his letter –was this omission accidental or deliberate?? Can we see this list? I’m curious to see what Mr. O’Connor had to say...

[twitter.com/ChrisInKW]

Of course, the CPC are the experts in talking to themselves. When was the last time they held a public town hall or round table meeting with an open mic? The $250,000 Duffy Road Show in Cambridge springs to mind as a good example of their openness.

[Jim M]

Given the difference in colour of ink used to write the balance sheets of Canadian Banks compared to the 'sea of rouge' shade of red used by American financial institutions, why would a "fiscally responsible" Prime Minister not heed the advice of healthy domestic financial institutions over walking-dead foreign ones? I think Canadian bank executives also get paid a lot less than American bank executives, if unreasonably high executive compensation is really the big sticking point for the Prime Minister.