Ryan Leef

A Conservative calls for an inquiry on missing and murdered aboriginal women

The House engages in a rather unedifying hour of democracy

Further to last week’s debate on environmental policy and climate change, Stephen Gordon checks Dean Del Mastro’s assertions about carbon pricing, regulation and the costs of both.

It was apparently Ryan Leef’s turn to enunciate the party line this afternoon, so the Conservative MP for the Yukon stood in his spot along the back row and proceeded with his statement.

A moment of silence, then oral questions

Nestlé Canada held a special reception at The Westin Ottawa for MPs and folks on the Hill. The night highlighted some of their products. “You make Häagen-Dazs” was a popular line when people found out Nestlé Canada had the rights to produce it in this country.

That’s the title of the video Conservative MP Ryan Leef has uploaded to YouTube of himself delivering a members’ statement rant against a carbon tax.

Following Ryan Leef’s flub, Peter Kent also introduces Stephen Harper as the “Prime Minister of cannibal.”

Ryan Leef makes it onto the blooper reel.

Aaron Wherry on who said what on July 1

The Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA) held a reception at the Weston Hotel in Ottawa.

MPs and senators spent a day in a wheelchair on the Hill to create awareness on behalf of the Canadian Paraplegic Association.