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by Aaron Wherry on Monday, November 16, 2009 4:58pm - 13 Comments

Ralph Goodale, expressing his displeasure with something or other Pierre Poilievre said.

Horse feathers!

Tags: decorum, heckling, house of commons, Parliament, pierre poilievre, Question Period, Ralph Goodale

Mike R

Gadzooks! What is the Commons coming to?
http://intensedebate.com/people/jolyon jolyon

Crikey!

I love the old swear words that aren't swear words. I wonder if they were started so guys could swear around women without offending their delicate natures.
http://intensedebate.com/people/psiclone psiclone

Ralph and Pierre – why does the image of laurel and hardy pop into my mind:)
http://intensedebate.com/people/jandrewpotter andrew potter

Bull pucky!
Anon Liberal

Gobblesnookers!
http://intensedebate.com/people/TJCook TJCook

To be fair, if Pierre Poilievre said it, it almost certainly *was* horse feathers.
http://intensedebate.com/people/TwoYen TwoYen

This is news?

Ralph has been using this same expression on a regular basis for, say, at least thirty years that I can remember.

Andre

Oh pipe down the patronage would'ya…

Nothing more annoying than a party buster on an electronic forum.

Dave

Decorum could only improve if more MP's took their verbal cues from C. Montgomery Burns.
http://intensedebate.com/people/Lord_Bob Lord Bob

Poilievre indignantly replied that this was "balderdash" and "humbug" before adding that "I'm glad we still live in a time where you can challenge someone to a duel".

http://intensedebate.com/people/LynnTO LynnTO

Great Scot! What use of language, here.
http://intensedebate.com/people/Jack_Mitchell Jack Mitchell

Jiminy Cricket, this must stop!