Ottawa

Throwing John Baird under the bus

Pressed this afternoon to explain John Baird’s linking of the National Roundtable’s demise to its support for a carbon tax, Environment Minister Peter Kent seemed to distance himself from Mr. Baird’s comments.

Mr. Speaker, my colleague the Minister of Foreign Affairs is entitled to his opinions.

Rising next, the NDP’s Matthew Kellway briefly took notice of this before proceeding with his own question.

Mr. Speaker, I think I see tire tracks across the back of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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