The QP clip: Pierre Poilievre on national unity
The exchange you can’t miss from this afternoon’s Question Period
The Peace Tower is framed in an archway on the East Block of Parliament Buildings on Parliament Hil in Ottawa, Thursday September 10, 2009. Opposition MPs, and even some Conservatives, agree Canada’s parliamentary committee system is broken.They just don’t agree on what’s gone wrong or who’s to blame. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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As soon as NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice had asked the government side about Senate accountability, Conservative attack dog Pierre Poilievre rose to respond. All the elements of a confident Conservative party are on display here: a guffawing backbencher, Poilievre making jokes at the opposition’s expense, and the foreign affairs minister miming a home-run swing when his colleague’s rhetorical flourish came to a crescendo.