The Conservatives are getting more annoying than ever.
Every first speech by a new/returning MP was, I'm positively certain, written by the same guy (or girl, which for some reason would surprise me) that wrote their "5 priorities" election spiel. Anyway, it goes something like this:
Thank you mr (deputy) speaker, congratulations on your (re)appointment. First I would like to thank (family members). Next I would like to sincerely thank the people of (riding) for (sending/returning) me to this (fancy qualitative) chamber/house.Their strategy is obvious: that by repeating the same bloody crap over and over (and over and over) again AND preventing any member from voicing any independant thought (by muzzling their members, writing their speeches for them, and cutting off the press' accessibility other than for well-rehearsed photo-ops with the military and little sick kids), people will start to give in to this obvious self-promoting and slanderous propaganda and give them a majority next time around. Seems like a funny way to ensure "fairness and accountability to the people" to me...
(Repeat entire election platform spiel about the "five priorities." Don't deviate from pre-election speech and DO NOT go into any more specifics).
(Emphasize "how important these five priorities" are to the (good/ hardworking/ honest) people of (riding). )
(Underhandedly slam the previous government for all the evils in the world (even if the things refered to occured under Chretien over 10 years ago and Martin canned most of those involved since) (ignore the fact that the Mulroney govt did the same stuff even before that, nobody important will remember that far back anyway.))
