Yesterday, in another case of Conservatives attacking people instead of problems, Conservative candidate for Saint Boniface Shelly Glover launched a personal, ageist attack on Liberal Winnipeg South Centre MP Anita Neville.
This is what Ms. Glover said: “We need some fresh blood. We need some new people who come with some new ideas… and I’m afraid Ms. Neville has passed her expiry date.”
After Ms. Neville and the Canadian Association of Retired Persons demanded an apology to all seniors for this slur, Ms. Glover refused to apologize or retract her statement. In a weak attempt to cover up her gaffe, Ms. Glover’s spokesperson said that “Shelly was referring to her length in office, not her age.”
Sorry Ms. Glover, but a lie doesn’t cover up a slur. Your new line is just not credible, given that so many of your Conservative colleagues running in this election have longer tenures in public office than Anita Neville’s 10 years – including Stephen Harper, who has been in office for 13 years.
Here’s the full list:
19 years
David Tilson (1990 to 2002 at Queen’s Park, 2004-2011 in Ottawa)
18 years (class of 1993)
Diane Ablonczy
Leon Benoit
Garry Breitkreuz
Richard M. Harris
16 Years
John Baird (1995- 2005 at Queen’s Park, 2006-2011 in Ottawa)
Tony Clement (1995- 2005 at Queen’s Park, 2006-2011 in Ottawa)
John Duncan (1993-2006; 2008-2011)
Jim Flaherty (1995- 2005 at Queen’s Park, 2006-2011 in Ottawa)
Vic Toews (1995-1999 at the Manitoba legislature, 2000-2011 in Ottawa)
14 years (class of 1997)
Rob Anders
Peter Goldring
Gerald Keddy
Jason Kenney
Gary Lunn
Peter MacKay
Deepak Obhrai
Gerry Ritz
Maurice Vellacott
Jean-Pierre Blackburn (1984-1993 and 2006-2011)
Rob Nicholson (1984-1993 and 2004-2011)
13 Years
Stephen Harper (1993-1997 and 2002-2011)
12 Years
Lee Richardson (1988-1993 and 2004-2011)
10 Years (class of 2000)
David Anderson
Cheryl Gallant
James Lunney
Rob Merrifield
James Moore
James Rajotte
Scott Reid
Kevin Sorenson
Lynne Yelich
