The NDP house leader and the Prime Minister’s press secretary yell at each other on national television over what may or may not have been going on in Vancouver and what the NDP house leader may or may have had to do with whatever was or was not happening.

Kady O’Malley has the supplementary e-mails and tweets. The Canadian Press, Globe and CBC report from the scene.

Michael Ignatieff writes to members of the British Columbia legislature.

I am writing to you as fellow Parliamentarians… to ask you a favour.

Prime Minister Harper will be addressing your legislature tomorrow.  We think that having the Prime Minister of Canada address the BC Legislature is a commendable way to mark the Winter Olympics coming to British Columbia.  So I want to congratulate you on this important event.

Here in Ottawa, we haven’t been quite so lucky.  Not only can we not get Mr. Harper inside our legislature these days, but he’s actually gone to the extreme of shutting down Parliament altogether.

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Mr. Harper decides he will address the B.C. legislature. Vaughn Palmer maintains the word invited should be put in quotation marks.

Canwest says Mr. Harper is considering an invitation to speak to the B.C. legislature.

The Victoria Times-Colonist seems rather excited about the possibility.

Perhaps distressed by the Governor General’s decision to accept his request to prorogue Parliament in Ottawa, the Prime Minister is apparently scheduled to address the legislature in British Columbia.

The B.C. legislature is slightly agog over next week’s pending visit by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Apparently, he intends to address the chamber Thursday … Even lacking official confirmation, controversy abounds. Apparently, the visit was not by invitation from the provincial government. Rather it was Ottawa’s idea. Nor is there any obvious precedent for a prime minister to speak to the provincial house, though Gov-Gen. Michaelle Jean did address the legislative chamber in March 2006.

Michael Ignatieff’s tour stop at the University of British Columbia apparently got a bit shouty on Friday. You can read the accounts of Canwest and the Ubyssey or, if you prefer, you can see and hear for yourself.

The prepared text of Michael Ignatieff’s remarks to the Vancouver Board of Trade this afternoon.

Thank you Zach (Bhatia) for those kind words.

I’d also like to thank the Board of Trade for hosting us, and Jason (McLean) for your introduction.

It’s good to be back in Vancouver.

I started my working life out at UBC and I love this place. Every time Zsuzsanna and I come back we feel the excitement of a great world city.

Now the Olympics will spread the excitement of Vancouver to the whole country. When the torch relay starts, Canadians from coast to coast to coast will be lining the streets to watch them pass.

We owe British Columbians a debt of gratitude for what you’ve given our country. You’ve brought us together.

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