Where I work

Today's Question Period should be stricken from the record, in my view, just in case aliens ever land here and are moved to read Hansard to see if there are signs of intelligent life. But that's just one person's opinion. For the full story, click here. 

Update: And for a view from the public galleries, click here to see what MP Glen Pearson wrote about a group from London, Ont. who were watching the proceedings. 

We have reaction from Minister Baird, belatedly. He says he wasn't quoting Martin Luther King, whose precise quote, he notes, was "let freedom ring." He says if he'd been quoting King, he would have had the quote correct. 

Baird's aide, James Kusie,  would like to correct the record too and adds this to the debate in an email sent to me a little while ago: "This is what Liberals think of duck hunters and farmers. They equate them with murderers. More evidence of their culture war and of Ignatieff being out of touch with rural Canada." 

Yes, this is where I work. At other workplaces, I think this would be called dysfunctional. At school, this would be called recess. 

Comments

[MJH]

Watching Question Period, and fortunately very few do, is mind boggling in it's political nonsense from all Parties. It is hard to imagine that many MPs are lawyers, doctors, accountants and persons with Masters Degrees. Go to Ottawa and descend into reading questions from notes(are they all incompetent?), and playing in the sandbox of political rhetoric and games. It is plainly disgusting!!!

[MCBellecourt]

You have my sympathies, Ms. D.

[MyThought]

One thing I've noticed - whenever MP's get up, they address the speaker and speak to him. When Baird gets up, he turns to the caucus and rants and raves and pumps up the kiddies like a circus.

Isn't this disrepectful to parliament and the Speaker?

[anon]

Were it not for reports from journalists like you, the general public would have no idea of how Canada's STFU government has made a mockery of our parliamentary democracy and traditions.

[Ted Clinton]

One thing I noticed are your daily jabs at the government disguised as journalism.....I for one hope that you continue your ways as your little part of the culture war...one thing though has the CPC ever lead in the Liberal heartland of Toronto while Dion was leader. Iggy is a gift that just keeps on giving and giving to the CPC

[Cam]

hey Ted, you know how you secretely think everyone is laughing at you, and the sad sack Conservative caucus? They are.