Beyond The Commons

Aaron Wherry covers all the goings-on in and around Parliament Hill. Follow Aaron on Twitter: @aaronwherry

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Pretty please

by Aaron Wherry on Friday, December 18, 2009 5:10pm - 15 Comments

The opposition requested a meeting of the special committee on Afghanistan for next Tuesday and that meeting is apparently now scheduled. The Liberals humbly ask that Rick Casson, the Conservative chair of the committee, deign to preside over said meeting.

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http://intensedebate.com/people/Andrew_not_PorC Andrew_not_PorC

So, what makes anyone believe that they would show up?
http://intensedebate.com/people/Nich Nich

Maybe 2010 will be the year we wake up and realize that an open and accountable government are essential to a functional democracy.

Heh…

http://intensedebate.com/people/Crit_Reasoning Crit_Reasoning

When's the last time Canada had an open and accountable government? Serious question.

http://intensedebate.com/people/Nich Nich

I'm not old enough to answer from personal experience :(
http://intensedebate.com/people/CanadianSense CanadianSense

Let's call a Public Inquiry to find out.
http://intensedebate.com/people/zamprelli4731 Zamprelli

1866

wilson

Is it a teleconference?
Or a costly 'everyone pays Christmas rates' to fly into Ottawa for 2 hours of Con bashing so Wherry and kady have something to blog about ?

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

It's so entertaining that Wilson constantly accuses other people of engaging in partisan b*tching.

Look in a mirror, putz.

wilson

Hit a nerve did I………you can refute the comment so you name call.

Wascally Wabbit

This could be interesting.
When someone asks politely and following protocol for something from these dorks – you just know a trap is being set…
Anon

Three days before Christmas — yeah, right!

Gayle

Yeah. Why should we expect our elected officials to actually WORK, three days before Christmas, just because it is an actual WORKING day.

http://intensedebate.com/people/TwoYen TwoYen

Why would any taxpayer want to fund a meeting to discuss something that happened in 2006? Let's wait until January. There is no reason to pay for this junket. It won't even get media attention since most sane people are off on Xmas break.

http://intensedebate.com/people/CanadianSense CanadianSense

Special New Year's Eve performance of Broadway's Mamma Mia!

Event Dates: 2009-12-29

The Mamma Mia! ticket includes a ticket to the performance along with a huge post show reception featuring the Johnny Vegas All Star Band, dancing, sparkling wine and a countdown to 2010!!

(Just a rumour)
Standing By

It's beyond silly to describe a late December trip to Ottawa as a "junket".

I'm wondering if they have the CPC HQ C-Team writing this week's talking points.