Authoritarianism in action

Apparently the Cons aren't satisfied with merely arresting civil servants and stalling access to information. Now, one of their MPs is going several steps further, claiming that Canadians (or at least opposition MPs) should be punished for repeating what they've read in the newspapers:

Tory MP Scott Reid suggested that New Democrat Pat Martin may have broken the law by giving committee members copies of secret documents in which information that was to be blacked out for public consumption could be read. Even though the supposedly secret excerpts were first published in two newspapers, Reid asked Parliament's law clerk to rule on whether Martin was "guilty of an offence" under the Security of Information Act.

Just when one thinks the Cons can't get any lower, one of their MPs always seems to be waiting with a shovel to dig down even further. Which leaves only the question of whether they'll be duly recognized for how far they've sunk when Canadians next have the chance to permanently remove them from power.