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From the desk of a clearly very, very busy John Baird ...
- February 12, 2010 3:47 PM |
- By Kady O'Malley
... comes the following ever so slightly defensive, but admirably thorough response to a prorogation-related letter from a constituent, in which the minister assures her that he has been "hard at work on [her] behalf and on behalf of Canadians since Parliament recessed last month" -- even, as he goes on to explain, over the Christmas holiday weekend:
"In fact, with the terrorist attempt in North American civil aviation on December 25th, I worked for six hours on Christmas Day and signed new security measures at 4:30 am the morning of December 26th" - and "part of every day through the holiday period." He's also been at work "full time since January 5th."
Read the full letter here:
Tags: blackberry jungle, john baird, ministers at work, mystery security provisions
About the Author
- Kady O'Malley has been covering the Hill for more than a decade (yes, really) for a variety of publications. An Ottawa girl (not quite born, but raised), she has a passion for politics that borders on the unhealthy, and has liveblogged her way through hundreds of committee meetings, press conferences, judicial inquiries, budget launches, cabinet shuffles, and even the odd constitutional crisis. Oh, and yes, her Boston Terrier really is named "BlackBerry."
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