Yesterday in the House of Assembly - Darin King proved - once again that he is full of it - wit -twit twitter.
Below is a partial transcript of what Mr. King was saying during debate on Interim Supply, Bill 2.
Let’s be clear, members in this House do not debate through Twitter, contrary
to popular believe. I have said that, Mr. Chair, I do not engage very often but
I did engage a couple of nights ago to say that if you have important questions
on the fishery or sealing – because I would love to talk about all of that today
– that this is the place to do it. Not only is it the place to do it, you have
an obligation and a responsibility, when you put your name on the ballot to get
elected to represent the people, you have a responsibility to raise those issues
on the floor of the House of Assembly, I submit to you, and I invite you to do
that today.
This is not a joke people - he actually said this. What did the media do? Nothing!
When the House of Assembly was held hostage by his government for months - they did not open it - what happened? Well the Minister of Natural Resources was debating the Muskrat Falls deal 140 characters at a time - and on some occasions a host of Tory Ministers and backbenchers were on Twitter debating with other politicians, bloggers, and other Tweeters from the province.
Then he says that MHA's who put their name on a ballot have the responsibility to raise issues on the floor of the House of Assembly. No - you don't say Minister - that is what the population was telling you when your government would NOT OPEN the HOA.
With a straight face King rose in the HOA and said that rubbish. Worse he was not challenged and berated by a media who knew the difference.
So Mr. King I believe you just taught Mr. Kennedy a lesson. And as Kennedy so loves novellas and poetry - might I recommend Of Mice and Men or perhaps Bobby Burns' "To a Mouse".
So if the media is going to declare that issues as important as Muskrat Falls are over - perhaps they could stop the nonsense and deception being delivered by our Ruling Party.
Further - making this worse is the fact that when the Tories were twitting away - while the House was closed - the same media was reporting as NEWS - that the government members were now debating on Twitter.
While you're at it - let's get to the bottom of the fishery - 140 characters at a time.
1 comment:
Sue, it looks as if the "stupidity" and "hypocracy" infection from the HArperites has hit our governing legislators. How can a cabininet minister be so sanctimonious and earnest at this point, when the Twitter debate by his colleagues already took place months ago?
If these issues.....both the fishery and Muskrat Falls.... wasn't so serious, and potentially devastating, it would be almost hilarious that he can make these statements with a straight face.
It seems to me that the more "sophisticated" these politicans become, the more assinine their behaviour and orations become! Sad!
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