I’m not a one-issue voter, not at all. Moreover, I’m not a Canadian. So I get to consider this little Liberal Party problem another country’s politics.<\/p>\n
It’s funny — to me, I mean — and to Kevin Underhill, who posted this on LoweringTheBar:<\/p>\n
\u201cI take this matter extremely seriously,\u201d Liberal party MP Shafqat Ali said last week<\/a>, \u201cand I promise never to repeat this error again.\u201d The full quote probably makes clear that he meant the \u201cerror\u201d of choosing to participate in a session of Canada\u2019s parliament from a toilet stall, but it\u2019s also possible he meant the \u201cerror\u201d of forgetting to select a different video background for the Zoom call.<\/em><\/p>\n …<\/em><\/p>\n This is of course not the first time someone has been caught doing something embarrassing during a Zoom call<\/a>. It\u2019s not even the first time a Canadian Liberal MP has been caught doing something similar during a parliamentary session. See \u201cPolitician seen naked in work Zoom call,<\/a>\u201d BBC.com (Apr. 15, 2021) and \u201cPolitician sorry after urinating during video call<\/a>,\u201d BBC.com (May 28, 2021). According to the BBC, after that second incident MP William Amos apologized and \u201cadded he would \u2018seek assistance\u2019\u2014without elaborating on what this would involve or what he would seek help for.\u201d That question too may never be answered, because he ultimately decided not to seek reelection.<\/em><\/p>\n P.S. Does “liberal” mean something different in Canada-speak?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m not a one-issue voter, not at all. Moreover, I’m not a Canadian. So I get to consider this little Liberal Party problem another country’s politics. It’s funny — to me, I mean — and to Kevin Underhill, who posted … Continue reading