Monday, September 26, 2005
CBC 109: "Hell to pay?"
I wasn't too impressed with the first Question Period this afternoon.
Now it may be that the Opposition parties were holding back because negotiators for both sides are working across the river in an office in Hull.
I was at Simcoe Park when NDP leader Jack Layton told the crowd, "If the lockout is still on when the Commons returns, there will be hell to pay."
The first set of questions on the CBC, softballs from NDP member Charlie Angus (Timmins-James Bay) came, by my watch, watching CPAC, at 1447 ET, 32 minutes into Question Period. Jack Layton's session opening questions were on U.S. stonewalling on softwood lumber. The Conservatives concentrated on crime, guns and drugs, with softwood as priority two.
Four tougher questions on the lockout came late in Question Period from two Bloc Quebecois MPs.
Labour Minister Joe Fontana punted on the questions, referring to the ongoing negotiations.
If the position of CBC questions in the Commons lineup are any indication, the lockout is far down on everyone's priority list.
And Jack, don't forget that there are a lot of CBC employees in your riding. Wonder who the Bloc Quebecois nominee will be in Toronto Danforth? :-)
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I wasn't too impressed with the first Question Period this afternoon.
Now it may be that the Opposition parties were holding back because negotiators for both sides are working across the river in an office in Hull.
I was at Simcoe Park when NDP leader Jack Layton told the crowd, "If the lockout is still on when the Commons returns, there will be hell to pay."
The first set of questions on the CBC, softballs from NDP member Charlie Angus (Timmins-James Bay) came, by my watch, watching CPAC, at 1447 ET, 32 minutes into Question Period. Jack Layton's session opening questions were on U.S. stonewalling on softwood lumber. The Conservatives concentrated on crime, guns and drugs, with softwood as priority two.
Four tougher questions on the lockout came late in Question Period from two Bloc Quebecois MPs.
Labour Minister Joe Fontana punted on the questions, referring to the ongoing negotiations.
If the position of CBC questions in the Commons lineup are any indication, the lockout is far down on everyone's priority list.
And Jack, don't forget that there are a lot of CBC employees in your riding. Wonder who the Bloc Quebecois nominee will be in Toronto Danforth? :-)
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6:08 PM posted by Robin Rowland
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