Liberals endangering national defense

[punked]

After QP today, Ujal Dosanjh rose on a point of order to say:

Mr. Speaker, I wish to inform you and the House that I inadvertently tweeted about matters that I ought not to have tweeted about. That is the proceedings in camera of the defence committee. That was an error on my part and that entry will be deleted at the earliest possible opportunity, which is right after I get out of here.

The CBC has details of the infraction here, plus video of the apology. But what it doesn’t catch is the Speaker’s answer which went something like this: ” I thank the honourable member. I assume that tweeting means it went on Twitter… I don’t know anything about that stuff…”

http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/20/kids-th...remier-edition/

[Smallc]

Is that like a couple weeks ago when Libby Davies had to apologize for sending out a press release detailing what happened at a closed door committee?

Edited October 21, 2009 by Smallc

[M.Dancer]

Interesting...

1) This ain't new, the Liberals have been endangering Canadian defense for decades...

or

2) Amazingly, The Liberals are so powerful, they can endanger Canada even when they aren't in power.

[punked]

Is that like a couple weeks ago when Libby Davies had to apologize for sending out a press release detailing what happened at a closed door committee?

Was the meeting about our national defense policy?

[M.Dancer]

Was the meeting about our national defense policy?

....just shows both are unfit to govern.

[Smallc]

Was the meeting about our national defense policy?

I don't know. It doesn't really matter.

[punked]

I don't know. It doesn't really matter.

It does. If it wasn't on something of national security which should be public knowledge that is a different debate for a different time.

[Smallc]

I'm not defending what the Liberals did, but my point is that the NDP did it too, and it was obviously about something that shouldn't have been released.

And national security and defence matters should all be public? Really?

[punked]

I'm not defending what the Liberals did, but my point is that the NDP did it too, and it was obviously about something that shouldn't have been released.

And national security and defence matters should all be public? Really?

No I think they are the only thing which shouldn't be public knowledge. That was my point.

[Jerry J. Fortin]

I find it amusing that some people will blame a partisan faction for the state of affairs of our national defense infrastructure. The truth is that we are all responsible for the reality. The government of the day merely mirrors public opinion in its legislative efforts, to do otherwise would be an affront to the public.