Elbowgate : Opposition leader Rona Ambrose addresses Commons fracas

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[chrispchicken]

Trudeau said a terse heart-felt apology. Ambrose just goes on and on, so stupid.

[Challenge-my-opinions]

1. Her members were NOT in their seats. Why not?
2. In a real world job, if the boss came into a room for a meeting the other workers would show respect for the boss and sit down to start the meeting.

What is insulting is how this incident is being blown out of proportion. The PM should have stayed in his seat and allow the Speaker of the House to fix the situation. For this, the PM has already apologized. Time to move on. It appears that the PM was tired of the childishness of the members of parliament trying to block the vote. THOSE members are the bully's and the PM stood up to them.

[godfreyfrancesco]

Gosh, that knocking in the background is pretty annoying..

[taozen]

She says the Liberals don't want a government and opposition. That's hilarious, considering the Harper and the PC actions. Such a waste of air.
I'm shaken up by all this elbow gate milking. It's unsettling to Canadians.

[ME-zlts]

i guess highschool drama is never over... justin makes a good principal though

[justinl]

The Prime minister should not apologize. He did the right thing for standing up against bullies. The act itself was clearly a setup. These people should ashame of themselves.

[manguy]

Trudeau has been very naive..he is fast learning that he can't get his own way..like he did growing up..he is only going to get more frustrated and we will see more erratic behavior...Harper will look like an angel compared to him.

Trudeau is trying to remake Canada in his own image and I am scared shitless.

[mr.d]

Very childish of you Rona Ambrose... Defending the bullies that tried to block a person? Just sit down!

[mushmorant]

That pounding you can hear in the background is Gerald Butts beating his head against the wall of his office.

[samrulz]

How to talk about nothing for 10 minutes, by Rona Ambrose

[aircan]

Don't we all miss the good ole days when Harper was in power when everything was all quiet and parliament was closed most of the time and nothing got done. At least it was was quiet when no one was working.

[VsAStarr]

I'm an independent but could u IMAGINE the nonstop 24/7 indefinite coverage if Harper has rushed across the floor swearing, grabbed & dragged the opposition whip to his side while accidently elbowing a woman!! There would be a media lynch mob but trendy Justin does it and its "blown out of proportion" smh.

[typoprone]

Interesting to see Diane Watt's reaction in the background to Ambrose's speech. Hmm...

[jessicaoliver]

wtf is going on with Rona's lips?

[tirzolantiwen]

Madam, I gave, my, grocery, allowance,

[nickel]

What is unbecoming and unsettling is using a little bump as an excuse to launch political attack.

[ideapad]

Quit wasting Canadian's time by whining about childish conniption fits. How many times have you, the complainer, accidentally bumped someone? Your time spent talking about such petty things is an insult to Canadians. Grow up!