No wonder the rest of Canada think’s we’re a bunch of rednecks.
Members of Alberta legislature have spitting match over Stronach insult
Lorraine Turchansky
Canadian Press
May 18, 2005
EDMONTON (CP) — What started out as a crude swipe at Tory-turned-Liberal Belinda Stronach morphed into a nasty confrontation between two members of the Alberta legislature Wednesday.
Tony Abbott, a rural Conservative backbencher who is also an evangelical Christian minister, found himself apologizing repeatedly for saying Stronach was “whoring” herself by defecting to the Liberals.
Abbott said he made the remark out of anger but decided to retract it after getting plenty of negative feedback from his constituents — including his wife. read the rest here…
