A Mendacious Minister?
It seems that the Education Minister “committed a falsehood”. The house leader of the Conservative Opposition, Len Derkach, said. “He knew he was deceiving the House.” (Can someone please define “falsehood”? Is that like lying?) Why do we have to be so politically correct?
Could we also say we have “a mendacious minister”? It sounds more lyrical to me!
Mendacious Minister?
Full Text of Winnipeg Free Press Article!
I forgot that we have two newspapers in Winnipeg so I must add to this an article By FRANK LANDRY, the Leg. reporter for the Winnipeg Sun!
By bending the truth and playing with some words, Bjornson has dug himself into a very deep hole. He’s also raised some very serious questions about what sort of grasp he has over his department.
In the House, you’re not allowed to say “lie”, “liar” or “you’re lying”.
Falsehood is the one of the “approved” words for lying and if you hear it in the House, it means, he’s accusing the guy of lying.
Comment by The Hack — May 18, 2005 @ 18:50