This Canadian MP Recited An Anti-Weed Poem And Please God Make It Stop
This is agony.
Just went you thought Bob Katter’s marriage equality crocodile spiel was the strangest political outburst of 2017, a member of the Canadian House of Commons has gone and blown him out of the water.
The Canadian parliament is currently debating a bill to legalise marijuana. The legislation has the support of the ruling Liberal Party, but is opposed by the Conservatives. One of its most vocal opponents is Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu, who has previously argued the law could turn children into drug mules.
On Friday Gladu doubled down on her criticism of the bill in the form of a poem. And it is… really something.
Conservative @MPMarilynGladu delivered this an anti-pot bill poem just before question period today. pic.twitter.com/VPo2ahrnsB
— CBC Politics (@CBCPolitics) December 1, 2017
Gladu’s poem caused Canadians to feel deep shame. As well it should have.
Deaths caused by weed = 0
Deaths caused by this poem = likely millions https://t.co/EHBFSc8UY0— Dev (@DevinPatches) December 1, 2017
Someone under 50 should’ve told her before hand this wasn’t the best idea
— Daniel Bleiwas (@DanielBleiwas) December 1, 2017
a byelection should be triggered any time an MP reads a poem they wrote in the HoC. this cringeworthy display is more suitable for a grade 4 talent show.
— fiverdrive (@fiverdrive) December 1, 2017
This poem is hilarious. I hope the kid that wrote it wins the contest. https://t.co/YkEsOvGo6A
— Matt Arsenault (@smellyolmarbles) December 2, 2017
All the Liberals in Canada wanted some pot
But Marilyn Gladu quite truly did not https://t.co/7lnUoFE28q— Ghosted Christmas Presence (@lovelydylan) December 1, 2017
I'm not high enough for this
— Adam Miguel (@AdamMiguel) December 1, 2017
This would have been a lot less lame if she smoked a bowl before she wrote it
— Patrick Dunphy (@pdunph) December 1, 2017
I don’t remember this Dr. Seuss book.
— Leighton Shields (@DirtyWildThings) December 1, 2017
Remix! pic.twitter.com/feEM3skhG8
— Travis Lupick (@tlupick) December 2, 2017