Thread by @AndyBrookeLmstn

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A Liberal MP has garnered some unexpected national media attention over his "anguished committee speech" (@hollyanndoan via @mindingottawa).

AND,his defensiveness quickly boiled over, unravelling into a (cringeworthy) rant by the MP Kingston and the Islands.

#cdnpoli #YGK

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To the (undoubted) chagrin of @MarkGerretsen and his @liberal_party colleagues, this story doesn't lend itself readily to vetting.

When @CPC_HQ @karen_vecchio introduced a Motion pursuant to Standing Orders requiring an explanation by the government for the Prorogation ...

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Mr. GERRETSEN embarked immediately on defensive pushback against any inclusion of #WECharity [17:13:50-17:18:12], even accusing all the Opposition of "conspiring in advance" [17:45:50] as "an opportunity to dig up some dirt. I know they're [#CPC] are looking for this silver

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bullet [#WEscandal]" [17:46:57].

Few people have time to watch 3-hour #HoC #parlvu committee meeting, THAT SAID the (lengthy) rant by Mr. GERRETSEN can be found at[17:45:06 - 18:00:01].

GERRETSEN could have briefly and clearly asserted his need for adequate time to review

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the Motion and also to caucus with his #LPC colleagues.

INSTEAD, had he been able to confine himself to a succinct assertion he would've avoided succumbing to frustration [17:57:13] and losing his temper with @ToddDohertyMP [17:45:44], impatience with the process [17:51:46]

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and ultimately making much of it personal: "Instead it's an intentional attempt «TO BLINDSIDE ME» and that is what I find to be the absolute most offensive part". [17:59:07] & "«I ... HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY SLIGHTED» by the manner in which this was sprung on us" [17:48:26].

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For some time, local media has had a reticence to cover anything negative about @MarkGerretsen.

SO WHEN a parliamentary committee "blows up" (@hollyanndoan) and our local MP was (large) part of the conflagration ... ??

@kingstonist @WhigStandard @CKWS_TV @NewsYgk #YGK

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@rubysahotalib @ctochor @ToddDohertyMP @karen_vecchio #HoC #parlvu #PROC #cdnpoli

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