The PMO is ultimately responsible. The Speaker took the brunt, but you can’t have the leader of a foreign nation visit the country and allow this shit to happen. Imagine having President Xi over and inviting a rapist from Nanjing to attend. There’s no way in hell the PMO isn’t responsible for vetting these people.
This is a bad take, the PMO didn’t ‘allow’ it to happen because they had no say, no authority, they weren’t even informed because they don’t need to be informed. The speaker has independent authority over guests in the gallery and over who is recognized. It prevents the gallery from becoming a partisan tool, at least it has for our whole history.
If you want to argue for change that’s one thing, but don’t assign blame where it doesn’t belong.
The PMO is ultimately responsible. The Speaker took the brunt, but you can’t have the leader of a foreign nation visit the country and allow this shit to happen. Imagine having President Xi over and inviting a rapist from Nanjing to attend. There’s no way in hell the PMO isn’t responsible for vetting these people.
This is a bad take, the PMO didn’t ‘allow’ it to happen because they had no say, no authority, they weren’t even informed because they don’t need to be informed. The speaker has independent authority over guests in the gallery and over who is recognized. It prevents the gallery from becoming a partisan tool, at least it has for our whole history. If you want to argue for change that’s one thing, but don’t assign blame where it doesn’t belong.