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Martin kicks maverick MP Carolyn Parrish out of Liberal caucus
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm.../cpress/20041118/ca_pr_on_na/maverick_liberal
good riddance.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm.../cpress/20041118/ca_pr_on_na/maverick_liberal
OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin dropped the hammer on outspoken MP Carolyn Parrish on Thursday and no one shed a tear over her ouster from the Liberal caucus.
Cabinet ministers, backbenchers and even opposition critics on the left who share many of her views said she had it coming.
The suburban Toronto Liberal gained notoriety for her outspoken anti-Americanism - "Damn Americans, I hate the bastards," she once said - and for calling George W. Bush "war-like."
Earlier this week, she taped a segment for CBC-TV's comedy show This Hour has 22 Minutes in which she stomps on a Bush doll.
That prompted the Conservatives to demand Martin boot her from caucus for offending the Americans.
But the final straw for Martin came after Parrish took direct aim at his leadership in an interview with The Canadian Press.
"I cannot, as leader of our party and the government caucus, tolerate behaviour that demeans and disrespects others," Martin said less than 24 hours after Parrish's attack.
"It is unacceptable."
good riddance.