Editor:
In response to your editorial of May 19 regarding political correctness and Trudeau’s elbow (“A bad day for political correctness”), one wonders if that is really the important takeaway from the matter.
The most pathetic thing in the video is watching seven or so MPs (with combined cost to the Canadian taxpayer of well over $1 million per year) standing on the floor of the House with nothing better to do than to attempt to block the Conservative whip, who “struggles” to get through the crowd. At least, that is, up until the point where Tom Mulcair starts yelling at the prime minister, “You’re pathetic,” whereupon a new low in Canadian political dialogue is reached. And to think the man wanted to be prime minister? Clearly Mr. Mulcair’s time has come and gone.
While in retrospect it was certainly not the best course of action for Mr. Trudeau to take, it is easy to understand his frustration with this foolishness, and I am not shocked, surprised or disappointed by his behaviour. The only sad part is that in a house of 300+ members, the PM is the only one with the cojones to actually do something.
As for the injured Ms. Brosseau, clearly she does not understand that if you stand as part of a crowd whose sole intent for gathering is apparently to block someone who is trying to get from point A to point B, you may indeed get bumped. Perhaps she should just chalk it up as a lesson learned in the school of hard knocks.
Alan Donenfeld, Gibsons
