Pat Davidson
Well, this is awkward
The host of a fundraiser for Michael Ignatieff owns a company that exports asbestos from Quebec.
Makes sense
Conservative MP Pat Davidson says it would be wrong to suggest proroguing Parliament means MPs will be on holiday. Conservative MP Gary Schellenberger says the proroguing of Parliament means he can take some time off to enjoy the Olympics.
Three days
Three days ago, Blair Robertson posted a video to YouTube with his predictions for the next few months of political events in Canada. Among his prognostications: that a fall election would be disastrous for the Liberals and that the number two would somehow factor into the fortunes of Michael Ignatieff and Stephen Harper, possibly in the form of floor-crossing MPs.
‘I could get myself in a lot of trouble for this’
Two Conservative MPs call for an end to asbestos mining.