The Aporia · What's the deal with question period? Poilievre, MacKinnon trade Seinfeld-related barbs

Darren Major

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Poilievre, MacKinnon trade Seinfeld-related barbs asserted

Poilievre → trade → barbs

Seinfeld references dominated opening round of Thursday's session Regular question period viewers got a little more than the usual "yada, yada, yada" on Thursday as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Government House leader Steven MacKinnon traded Seinfeld-related jabs. Poilievre kicked off the reference contest with a question about the Canada-EU summit taking place in Montreal this week. asserted

summit → dominate → Montreal

A meeting about nothing?" Poilievre asked, referencing the '90s sitcom that was billed as a show "about nothing." asserted

that → ask → nothing

MacKinnon shot back at Poilievre by riffing on a line from the hit show, saying that the opposition leader "lives the same recurring nightmare every single day." The cast of Seinfeld poses at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 1995. asserted

cast → shoot → 1995

The Conservative leader kept the references going by arguing that Prime Minister Mark Carney acts like Jason Alexander's character George Costanza, "running around the office trying to look busy while achieving nothing at all in the real world." asserted

Carney → keep → world

MacKinnon then tried to cast Poilievre as another character, Cosmo Kramer, suggesting that the Conservative leader "just walks into the room every time and says something weird." The sitcom went off the air in 1998 after nine seasons. asserted

sitcom → try → seasons

The back-and-forth comes as Carney is meeting with representatives of the European Union in an effort to strengthen ties with the 27-member bloc. asserted

Carney → come → bloc

While the prime minister has insisted that the substance of a new agreement with the EU is what matters, questions have swirled around what the label of the new alliance will be. asserted

label → insist → alliance

CBC News reported on Wednesday that words "associate membership" were removed from a joint statement expected to be released at the summit, but that hasn't stopped European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen from using that branding. Conservatives have continuously raised questions about what a closer relationship with the EU would mean. asserted

relationship → report → EU

Poilievre says Carney should focus on getting nine laggard countries to ratify the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. asserted

countries → say → Agreement

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