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Originally Posted by transplant99
It gets even better...not only were the WR (the official oppositio) shut down from asking anything related to tobacco....but the speaker allowed similar questions fro the "liberals" and the NDP.
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That's right. Plus both the Wildrose and NDP tried to ask for the Speakers' clarification of his guideline. He refused to provide clarification. In fact he completely cut off Rachel Notley from asking for clarification. It was appalling.
Some may not be aware, but the questions from Opposition are provided to the Governing party and Speaker PRIOR to question period. If the Speaker knew he was going to rule the questions out of order he should have advised them in the AM, not pull this ruling out right at the start of QP and apply it to only one party.
Sure the walking out of the Wildrose may have been a bit childish; but it drew attention to the seriousness of the Speakers (partisan) actions.