So the Parliamentary Press Gallery dinner was held last Saturday, and just in case you weren't holed up breathlessly in front of cpac with a bottle of vodka eager to play the Paul Martin drinking game (take one shot for every time he mentions his father; take two shots every time he mentions how much Belinda Stronach costs), ctv has a selection of clips from the speeches.
Governor-General Michaëlle Jean:
People asked me what I whispered to Adrienne Clarkson at my swearing-in ceremony. It was this: "I'm Governor-General - and you're not."
Paul Martin, reading from his diary from around the time of Belinda's defection from the conservatives:
Dear Diary: Ohmigod! OH! MY! GOD! So, like, David called, and he said that like, Belinda was, like, TOTALLY thinking about crossing over! And I'm like, "No, WAY," and he's like "Yes, WAY," and I'm like "NO, WAY!"
Stephen Harper:
It's nice to be here at the press gallery dinner, or as my staff calls it, the annual Parliament Hill Classic, where people who aren't funny tell jokes to people with no sense of humour.
And a special message from the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney.
Jack Layton, singing:
(If Jack had yet another $4.6 billion dollars), I'd buy some press with a hefty cheque.
(If Jack had yet another $4.6 billion dollars), I'd buy a freakin' seat in Quebec.
And what I'm wondering is, if Canadian politicians can be this funny once a year, why can't they be at least mildly amusing the rest of the time?
Oh, and in cased you missed it, here's Harper's blisteringly funny speech from last year.
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