On gestures

Two Con parliamentary secretaries have lowered the bar once again on parliamentary behaviour:

The opposition is complaining that two Conservative MPs who act as parliamentary secretaries to ministers made obscene arm gestures across the floor of the House of Commons.

Daniel Gourde and Pierre Poilievre made the gestures moments apart as MPs voted on a farm bill Tuesday evening...

Gourde is parliamentary secretary to Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl, and Poilievre is parliamentary secretary to Treasury Board President John Baird.

The arm gesture involves two arms crossed at the elbow, one moving upward.

I've discussed before how the Cons seem to interpret maturity when it comes to foreign policy. But at home, the Cons' plan to be "mature" must have a different meaning, referring to an effort to ensure that the political process is unfit for the eyes and ears of children. And with Poilievre as the point man, the Cons appear well on their way to winning a parental advisory for parliamentary proceedings on CPAC.