Julian Fantino, the new Conservative MP for Vaughan, Ont. is, I think it's fair to say, a polarizing figure. His supporters love his take-no-prisoners, tough-on-crime persona. His detractors say he's an authoritarian with little regard for the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Either way, the former police chief now has a new beat in the House of Commons. Wednesday was his first day there and, like all MPs who arrive in the House in-between elections, he was introduced to the House by his party's leader, Stephen Harper, and his regional minister, Jim Flaherty. MPs from all parties gave him a welcoming standing ovation (as they do for all new MPs) and then it was down to the business of being a partisan, in which Fantino was assigned to deliver one of the lob-ball questions that the government gets during every Question Period session. You can watch all the action, as filmed by House of Commons TV here: