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Originally Posted by calculoso
First, it wasn't the Minister that wasn't there. It was another Conservative member who had a question who didn't show up. They should have just gone to Question #2 instead.
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Lets see:
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Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, who wasn't even in the House when his budget was passed, seemed to be enjoying the appearance of "unanimity" for the budget.
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Although he does appear to have been there later for question period.
Interestingly, The CBC and CTV seem to have different reports:
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At one point, the Liberal finance critic, John McCallum, tried to debate the budget but was told it was too late and the budget had already been passed.
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If the CTV report is correct, then kudos to the Conservatives.
And I don't think it is OK to "play games", but I do think all the parties should be aware of the rules, and if they are caught with their pants down I feel it should reflect poorly on the party and not on Parliament as a whole.