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The feisty first week of the 42nd Parliament
– macleans.ca
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada December 7, 2015. (Chris Wattie/Reuters)The ministers of the Trudeau cabinet have, for the most part, refrained so far from merely standing and reading from pieces of paper when challenged during question period. And this has so far had the effect of making the proceedings seem more vaguely human.
Which is perhaps to say that the possibility of someone saying something unfortunate has markedly increased.
“Mr. Speaker, we are into sunny ways,” Immigration Minister John McCallum said on Thursday, in response to a question his Conservative critic, John McCallum. “I would suggest that my colleague look a little more cheerful.”
To his credit, McCallum then proceeded to actually answer Rempel’s question, but that hardly mattered by then. The Speaker warned members against being “provocative” and, afterwards, Rempel stood and lamented for the comment—alleging as well that the Prime Minister had laughed at her—which prompted McCallum to apologize…
The feisty first week of the 42nd Parliament
– macleans.ca
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada December 7, 2015. (Chris Wattie/Reuters)The ministers of the Trudeau cabinet have, for the most part, refrained so far from merely standing and reading from pieces of paper when challenged during question period. And this has so far had the effect of making the proceedings seem more vaguely human.
Which is perhaps to say that the possibility of someone saying something unfortunate has markedly increased.
“Mr. Speaker, we are into sunny ways,” Immigration Minister John McCallum said on Thursday, in response to a question his Conservative critic, John McCallum. “I would suggest that my colleague look a little more cheerful.”
To his credit, McCallum then proceeded to actually answer Rempel’s question, but that hardly mattered by then. The Speaker warned members against being “provocative” and, afterwards, Rempel stood and lamented for the comment—alleging as well that the Prime Minister had laughed at her—which prompted McCallum to apologize…
