Attorney General Apologizes for Using Profanity in the House of Commons

Justice Minister and Attorney General Arif Virani apologized under threat of censure this week after calling Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre a ‘[expletive] tool’ during Question Period in the House of Commons. The remark was made after Mr. Poilievre questioned the justice minister about Canada’s auto theft problem during the Feb. 5 meeting, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter. “We now are paying a billion dollars more in insurance premiums because he has led to a quadrupling of car thefts in Toronto,” Mr. Poilievre said. “I have a common-sense plan, which I rolled out today, to end house arrest and catch and release for career criminals, and bring in three years of jail for three stolen cars. Will the government accept the common-sense plan?”...