New Brunswick's minister of justice and consumer affairs resigned Thursday amid allegations that he violated the privacy rights of a Fredericton-area woman.
Bernard LeBlanc made the announcement in the legislature
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Sounds like a genuine mistake, but he did the right thing by taking ownership of it. I hope that in future, voters don't remember him as some guy who forgot to redact a name from an e-mail, but as a guy who took some responsibility for things instead of prorogueing parliament and hiding under a comforter in the basement with the lights off.
Here is the behaviour of another Liberal MLA Abel Leblanc in the Legislature. For those of you unfamiliar with NB politics, Abel was the long-time president of the ILA local. Rumor has it that he has offered to step outside with the Premier during some heated caucus meetings.
Liberal MLA Abel LeBlanc was expelled from the New Brunswick legislature Thursday for extending his middle finger at an Opposition MLARead more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/02/11/nb-abel-leblanc-finger.html#ixzz0fK3Q16BQ
LeBlanc did not elaborate on the alleged lies before extending his middle finger again at another Tory MLA and shaking his fist.
"I'm gonna tell you, Dale [Graham, Tory MLA for Carleton], I'll walk outside with any one of yas here," LeBlanc said. "Don't ever laugh at me. Yes, I gave you that. And I'll give you that again. And I'll give you this if you want to go outside. You're a punk!"
ETA: Oops , just noticed this has already been reported in another thread.