Carol Hughes
The finger gun registry
After QP yesterday, NDP Carol Hughes stood on a point of order to lament that Conservative Brad Butt had a made a gun gesture with his hand. A short while later, Mr. Butt apologized.
The Commons: ‘Why is the PM showing his own MPs such blatant disrespect?’
Thomas Mulcair shows some concern for Conservative MPs
More fallout
More movement in caucus support. Carol Hughes goes from Niki Ashton to Thomas Mulcair. Linda Duncan goes from Paul Dewar to Mr. Mulcair. And Dennis Bevington goes from Mr. Dewar to Nathan Cullen.
The long-gun registry six
A footnote to this footnote.
The Commons: Stephen Harper, ever undaunted
No matter the scandals that surround him, this prime minister is loud and proud
152-151
Carol Hughes says she’ll oppose C-391, which makes it 152 MPs opposed to the bill, 151 in favour.
151-151
Malcolm Allen has apparently decided to vote against C-391, which puts our unofficial count back to a tie.
151 to 150
NDP MP Claude Gravelle says he’ll vote against Bill C-391. That makes it 151 votes in favour of C-391, 150 against.
148 to 149
The resignation of Maurizio Bevilacqua became official last week. Postmedia reports Inky Mark’s departure will follow this week. That subtracts a single vote from each side of the C-391 debate. The declarations of Charlie Angus and Glenn Thibeault though add two votes to the no side.
149 to 148
Postmedia finds three NDP MPs who are committed to voting in favour of C-391: Peter Stoffer, Dennis Bevington and Jim Maloway. Carol Hughes is undecided. A spokesperson for John Rafferty, the NDP MP for Thunder Bay, says Mr. Rafferty will only comment on his stance to the local media. (The hilarity of this position aside—the invention of the telegraph in 1794 making it relatively easy to transmit news from one city to another—it should at least compel someone from the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal to give Mr. Rafferty a call sometime today.)