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Well you said making a mountain out of molehill. I don't consider lying to the Legislature a molehill.
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I don't think the distinction between "a" decision and "the" decision is trivial. You may call it semantics, but IMO it can be an important distinction. And it surely isn't at the level of Clintonian parsing "it depends on what your definition of "is" is"
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The lie in question was whether or not she made the decision on who to use. He pointed to who "signed" the contract as the one who made the decision. Which are two different things.
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I'm not sure what the procedures are... does he have to state his ruling in advance?
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He has the liberty of presenting at the beginning or end of QP.
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Did he tell them, but they asked anyway?
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They all knew when his ruling was coming - at end of QP
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Were the nature of Wildrose questions different than NDP/Liberal questions?
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No.
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Red herring. I thought we were talking about the conflict of interest/Wildrose theatrics not attendance.
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No, I've been referring to the lying to the Legislature (Contempt of Parliament), not the perceived conflict of interest.
If the premier's attendance is a red herring, then so is the Wildrose "theatrics".
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But, sure, I'm disappointed. I'd like to see real debate in the Leg. But in reality, very little of the real work of democracy/governing take place on the floor of the legislature.
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You mean things like Kerry Towle pressuring for seniors to have more than one bath a week?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH87l...&feature=share
Or the 21 amendments the Wildrose put forth for the Whistleblowers Legislation?
http://www.wildrose.ca/feature/news-...owers-at-risk/
Or the call to end corporate and union election donations? All proposed amendments got shutdown because the PC's invoked closure on Bill 7.
http://www.wildrose.ca/feature/time-...ions-wildrose/