Now I know we’re in a post-politically correct age when these things aren’t supposed to matter but it still looks a little odd to come upon the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, which is, as I type this, debating a motion to make the Commissioner of the Environment a “full and independent agent” of Parliament in Room 209 of the West Block.
Gathered around the committee table are twelve Parliamentarians, none of whom are women or visible minorities. Can’t blame the committee or any one of the twelve, I suppose, but, dang, that still looks funny …