Government Ops. Committee - June 2 2010 - Screaming Baird 1

Proceedings from the chaotic June 2nd session of the Parliamentary Committee on Government Operations and Estimates


From CBC News: http://bit.ly/bhAU8F

"A parliamentary committee looking into the Rahim Jaffer affair descended into a shouting match during an unprecedented — and uninvited — appearance Wednesday by a trio of Conservative cabinet members led by Transport Minister John Baird.

Baird, appearing in Ottawa alongside Natural Resources Minister Christian Paradis and junior science minister Gary Goodyear, clashed with opposition MPs on the government operations committee until the testimony of two other witnesses was suspended by a vote call in the House.

The heated appearance was the latest salvo in the battle between Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government and opposition MPs over the Conservatives' decision last week to bar ministerial staffers from appearing before committees as witnesses.

On Wednesday, the committee's opposition members had sought to hear from staff members of all three ministers, only for their bosses to show up ready for a fight.

At one point, Baird repeatedly bellowed over the committee's chair, Liberal MP Yasmin Ratansi, and tried several times to present a point of order, despite not being a member of the committee. Ratansi threatened to have the minister removed by security, while Baird charged that Ratansi didn't know how to do her job."


Here, commitee chair Yasmin Ratansi makes the rather odd ruling that the three Conservative ministers can stay, but that questions are not to be directed to them. At this point John Baird loses it, and tries to call a point of order. And tries. And tries. Note that his fellow Conservative MP (and actualy committee member) Chris Warkentin is also trying to get a point of order in at the same time.


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[ssizzlejr]

point of order. point of order. SHUT THE FUCK UP BAIRD.

[Veltanschaung]

Bully Barker Boy Baird needs

a. Anger Management Classes (not paid over his $275,000 taxpayer -funded salary)

b. an extra large to suit his mouth-size Baby Soother and his mama should hurry.....

c. Gender sensitivity training to stop trying to intimidate the gender he hates and does not understand....women...

Shame on this shcoolyard bully who wrote and follows to the letter Harper's " How to disrupt Committees" manual.

Put Biard in the shed with a good spanking by mom....