Ethics Committee Hearing - May 25 - Randy Hoback

Coverage of the chaotic May 25th meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics


From the Globe & Mail -- http://bit.ly/9gPkYp

"The Harper government openly defied the House of Commons on Tuesday as Transport Minister John Baird crashed a parliamentary committee and took over for the previously scheduled witness.

Mr. Baird said he was appearing at the request of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and went on to act as an uninvited stand-in for Mr. Harpers main spokesman, Dimitri Soudas. The meeting dissolved into partisan wrangling between Conservative and opposition MPs. Mr. Baird left after saying little, except to defend the governments new ban on appearances by ministerial aides before parliamentary committees."


Conservative MP Randy Hoback tries to pronounce long words...and fails.

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