As if Stephen Harper hadn't degraded the image of our Parliament enough.
Reduced it to a fascist circus where the Big Lie rules, and shame goes to die.
Mocked it, muzzled it, or just crapped on it like a monstrous alien monkey from outer space.
Now we find out it's also a place where power corrupts even basic human decency. A boozy place stuck in the past, where young women are routinely harassed.
And considering all of the above, I have to say I found what Tom Mulcair had to say today extremely disappointing.
After a long summer break Parliament returns on Monday, and all the political parties are revving up their engines.
A splashy, campaign-style launch for the government's fall agenda, a surprise tax cut for small business owners, a brand new NDP battle cry and a prime-time speech from Justin Trudeau: welcome to the 2015 election season.
With Parliament poised to resume on Monday, all three main political parties are clearly revving their political engines on the road to the next vote, currently scheduled to take place some 12 months from now.
For it will mark the official beginning of the next election campaign and Stephen Harper couldn't make that clearer by turning the occasion into a party.
