…along comes one of these incidents:
“[NDP MPP Marilyn] Churley was heckling Health Minister George Smitherman during question period and was asked by Speaker Alvin Curling to settle down when Qaadri yelled out, ‘OK, the hot flash is over.’
Churley immediately stood up and demanded an apology.
Qaadri, the member for Etobicoke North, addressed the Speaker and said, ‘Yes, Speaker, I believe you said, ‘I will give the member opportunity to vent.’ ”
That comment was greeted by loud thumping on desks and calls of “shame, shame’ by Conservative and NDP members.
Churley said Qaadri then exacerbated the situation by going over to her to apologize, putting his hand on her arm and saying, ‘I’m sorry, but you have to understand I’m a doctor, and my mother is a gynecologist so we understand these things.”
