How to build a scandal
After two proposed amendments were passed and one defeated, C-377 passed the House last night by a vote of 147-135. Five Conservatives voted against: Brent Rathgeber, Mike Allen, Patricia Davidson, Ben Lobb and Rodney Weston.
National Newswatch is reporting that Conservative MP Rodney Weston has voiced an opinion today that is not entirely dismissive of coalition government.
The MPs report on their summer vacations and try out some new put-downs
Leona Aglukkaq, previously lauded as the the leading post-partisan voice in the Harper cabinet, takes a question from government backbencher during QP today.
From his Twitter feed.
Happy days are here again. Before a feisty session of QP this afternoon, the Conservatives used three of their members’ statements to impugn the leader of the opposition on notably personal terms. The attack ads can’t be far off.