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February 12, 2010

The latest in a proud history of meltdowns in our parliamentary history

New Brunswick MLA Abel Leblanc had a moment in the legislature yesterday:

I’m in a bit of a Friday mood, I’ll see if I can hunt down more youtube captured moments of parliamentarians behaving badly. Your tips are welcome in the comments.

UPDATE: Who could forget this recent highlight also from the New Brunswick legislature?

FIGHTING IRISH UPDATE: Paul Gogarty of the Irish Green Party uses some unparliamentary language (caution: language)

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  • tedbetts

    The Gogarty one is hilarious. So formal and diplomatic and calm in his intro and then bam!

  • jordanenns

    This one trumps them all, Stephen:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJdZ0TocTlo

  • batb

    Abel Leblanc, Liberal, sounds like he'd just had a liquid lunch.

  • Stan

    Greg Weston did everything but give the guy a tongue bath on CTV's PowerPlay.

  • tedbetts

    The Gogarty one is hilarious. So formal and diplomatic and calm in his intro and then bam!

  • jordanenns

    This one trumps them all, Stephen:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJdZ0TocTlo

  • Chuck

    LeBlanc sounds like he had a few too many before going into the legislature.

  • batb

    Abel Leblanc, Liberal, sounds like he'd just had a liquid lunch.

  • Stan

    Greg Weston did everything but give the guy a tongue bath on CTV's PowerPlay.

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Stephen Taylor is a scientist, political analyst and a blogger. Taylor writes here regularly and is the founder of bloggingtories.ca. Taylor has contributed to Macleans, CTV, talk radio and has been a featured speaker on new media at numerous events including the Western Standard Cruise and the Forum for Public Policy. In December 2008, Taylor organized Rally for Canada, a series of rallies held coast-to-coast to protest the proposed coalition government.