Members of the Liberal Party of Canada today denounced The Honourable Jack Layton, P.C., M.P., the Member for Toronto—Danforth and the Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada, for statements he made to reporters after a visit to Woods Harbour in the Province of Nova Scotia during the Province's election, which suggested that he had brought the issue of the need to support wharves to the attention of the House of Commons, and initiated a debate thereon.
However, the Hansard seems to remember things in a bit less of an orange light. It was The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, P.C., M.P., the Member for Cardigan and the Crown Corporations Critic for Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, who moved the motion that brought about the discussion on wharves — and Mr. Layton was absent for the first two hours of that debate. He only showed up after the Government of Canada had made an attempt to invoke closure on the debate, and failed to do so.
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However, the Hansard seems to remember things in a bit less of an orange light. It was The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, P.C., M.P., the Member for Cardigan and the Crown Corporations Critic for Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, who moved the motion that brought about the discussion on wharves — and Mr. Layton was absent for the first two hours of that debate. He only showed up after the Government of Canada had made an attempt to invoke closure on the debate, and failed to do so.
For some reason, I expected better than this from Mr. Layton.[color=red said:The Hon. Lawrence MacAulay[/color], P.C., M.P.,]This stunt proves that Layton will say just about anything for partisan purposes. [...] If you look at Hansard from Monday, it will show that Mr. Layton was Johnny-come-lately. He should do the honourable thing and come clean. It is not acceptable to mislead the public in a crass attempt to pander for votes, and he should apologize.
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