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Manitoba legislature members trade insults over tofu, lattes and criminal past

By Steve Lambert Tofu-eaters. Misogynists. Criminal. The insults have been flying fast and furious at the Manitoba legislature, where even Tom Lindsey, the Speaker who is in charge of maintaining order, got into it by calling one legislature member “not that clever.” Both the governing New Democrats and Opposition Progressive Conservatives agree decorum in the chamber has been very poor, but each side blames the other. With high school students watching part of the proceedings from the public gallery, Lindsey…

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