Hill Times On-side?

It is not often that the Hill Times comes out for a Speaker's Ruling, especially if the ruling does not favour Cons. Such was the case, however, this week.

In its editorial, dated March 16th, the Times applauded the ruling by the Speaker to disallow highly partisan insulting shots at Members-opposite during the One-minute Members Statements. It was not just Cons spitting at Libs or NDPers pissing on anything that moved, it was a problem with all parties.

So the Speaker rules that personal attacks are "intended to be provocative", "clearly create disorder" and are "unparliamentary".

Seems right. If you want to act like a schoolyard bully or just a potty mouth, take it outside where liable laws are enforced.

But what does the MP for Nepean Carleton, the Perfect PP, have to say on the issue? He claims that the ruling stifles debate. "Part of democracy is promoting ideas. The other part of democracy is pointing out the flaws in some of those ideas," spews PP.

I am not one to stifle democracy, so here is my advice to Perfect PP. Buzz off!