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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Yes. Trudeau is the Prime Minister, but he does not command or control the House of Commons. He has no authority to interject himself into that situation. That he did so was a small breach of decorum. That he even laid a hand on another MP was a major breach of decorum.
The answer to what Trudeau should have done was simply to wait. The Speaker would eventually have gotten tired of the NDP's little game and ordered them to their seats. Trudeau turned a protest that would have lasted a few minutes at most into an international black eye. Whatever the hyperbole the opposition parties have been flinging in the aftermath, none of it happens if Trudeau remembers he is an MP, not a princeling.
This, exactly. Just about the only person involved who has handled himself properly was the Conservative Whip. Everyone else looks dumb, and the opposition - especially the NDP - are really badly overplaying their hand.
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A little on the hyberbole side, eh NDP? I'm sure the rest of the world is whispering about us behind our back over this.