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Originally Posted by First Lady
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.
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That points to a implemented strategy to try to wriggle out of this.
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Originally Posted by First Lady
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.
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I think that this was the only way that Wildrose could illustrate dissatisfaction with the PC party and how things were handled. It also called to the forefront the fact that there is no point in doing business with this government.
What else are they going to do, they basically get slammed for doing thier job which is to question. they can't hold things up in votes being a minority. You might as well declare your distaste for this government and walk out in protest.