Electric Dirt Farmer

I think it is quite obvious to many (if not most) people that the Canadian Parliament is a sham, but unfortunately not nearly enough people — especially the Members of Parliament themselves — are willing to admit that publicly. Ex-MP Lee Morrison of Eastend, Saskatchewan is one of those willing to point it out.

As published in the National Post Mr. Morrison’s short and to the point final speech in the House of Commons, for the record:

Mr. Speaker, this will probably be my last day in the House. I will not regret leaving what has become, under Liberal management, a totally dysfunctional institution. I will not miss the thrill of making well-researched speeches in a virtually empty room. I will not miss working long hours on irrelevant, ministerially guided committees. I will not miss the posturing. I will not miss the emasculated government members howling because they do not understand the difference between intelligent heckling and boorish noise. Perhaps it is their subconscious recognition of their own political impotence that drives them to act like hyperactive children. I do not know what I will be doing for the next few years, but whatever it is I expect that I will be dealing with grown-ups. I am sure that it will be more useful than this past seven years that I have spent in this rubber-stamp Parliament. I shall not look back.

Hat tip to National Post Headline Scan