So lately, Ottawa has been pretty focused on the trial of Larry O'Brien, who was accused of influence-peddling but recently acquitted. Lisa MacLeod is a Conservative MPP from Ottawa who commutes to Queen's Park (the Toronto seat of the Ontario legislature) and who is married with a young daughter. The judge in the O'Brien case dismissed her (damning) testimony because being married was a "distraction."
Seriously? Here's what MPP MacLeod had to say about it:
On Monday, Ms. MacLeod, the Conservative MPP for Nepean-Carleton, called the judge's reference “pathetic” and “surreal.”
“I didn't know truth had a gender or a family,” she said.
The article also quotes her as saying that it's not necessarily the outcome of the case that bothers her, but rather that her statement to the police was disregarded because there can't possibly be enough room in her tiny lady brain for worrying about work AND family AND political corruption.
Ugh. The only good thing to come out of this article was a statement by Equal Voice, which is a great organization.
via The Globe and Mail
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