Deepak Obhrai

Who’s up? Maxime Bernier, again. Who’s down? Harjit Sajjan and company.

And we can’t forget about Kevin O’Leary, who made some news this week in the nation’s capital

The Conservative caucus’s longest-serving MP dismisses the ‘nonsense’ idea of Kevin O’Leary running for the Tory leadership

A Conservative MP defends himself

Mexico’s Ambassador Francisco Barrio Terrazas presented the Decoration of the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle to former Speaker Peter Milliken. It is the highest award a non-Mexican can receive.  Milliken was lauded for helping to build relations between Canada and Mexico during his time as Speaker.

Tory Senator Linda Frum recently helped host for a talk on the Hill by Irshad Manji about her experiences in Indonesia while touring with her new book Allah, Liberty and Love: The Courage to Reconcile Faith and Freedom.  Manji, a well-known advocate for progressive and moderate Islam, spoke to the Canada-Indonesia Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Prostate Cancer Canada was on the Hill for their blue tie and scarf campaign.

In a news release issued this evening, Conservative MP Deepak Obhrai objects to the planned screening of the infamous Prophet Mohammad video.

Pierre Poilievre, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Transport, responding this afternoon to the NDP’s Alexander Boulerice, who asked if the government would allow a parliamentary inquiry into the G8 Legacy Fund to proceed.

Each and every day, someone asks Tony Clement a question he has no intention of answering

The NDP persisted again yesterday in asking questions about the G8 Legacy Fund. With Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird away from the House, the government side, again, sent up Deepak Obhrai to respond.

While Tony Clement was more than happy on Monday to talk to reporters outside the House about the G8 Legacy Fund, he continues to remain seated when opposition members rise to inquire about the matter during Question Period. And with John Baird away from the House of Commons, opposition questions directed at Mr. Clement are now being handled by Deepak Obhrai, the parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Obhrai is an able reader of the government’s preferred lines, but his exact level of responsibility for the administering of the G8 Legacy Fund is unclear.