The QP clip: Rae blasts Penashue’s re-election bid
The exchange you can’t miss from this afternoon’s Question Period
Bob Rae, the Liberal’s interim leader, wonders why Prime Minister Stephen Harper would allow former intergovernmental affairs minister Peter Penashue, who resigned after he admitted his campaign accepted donations improperly, to run in an upcoming by-election. Harper’s response was simplt: Penashue was the best MP that Labrador ever had.
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