Canada Politics#HarperHistory trending after PM’s NDP, Hitler gaffe changes history
It appears that new NDP leader Thomas Mulcair can stand toe-to-toe with Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
In an exchange about Canada's role in Afghanistan during Thursday question period, Harper suggested the NDP didn't even support Canada's military involvement in the Second World War.
Mulcair was asking Harper if he intended to extend the Afghanistan mission past 2014 after the Ottawa Citizen reported U.S officials had asked Canadian special forces to stay past the official withdrawal date.
According to the National Post, the prime minister added that the NDP has a pacifistic ideology "regardless of circumstances" and his government would make the right decision for Afghanistan's security.
"In 1939, the NDP leader didn't even want to support the fight against Hitler," Harper said and was drowned out by cat calls.
NDP MPs reminded Harper from across the aisle that the NDP didn't come into existence until 1961, birthed by a union between the socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Canadian Labour Congress.
"CCF, NDP, same difference," Harper responded curtly.
"I guess we can start talking about Reform Party policies," Mulcair 'zinged' to the delight of the opposition benches.
Haper's attempt at revisionist history has also created some buzz on Twitter.
Under the hashtag, #HarperHistory several people chimed-in with their own versions of the NDP's past:
NDP spin doctor Karl Bélanger tweeted this:
"The NDP refused to come to the aid of men when Mordor invaded Gondor."
Comedy writer Dan Speerin tweeted this gem:
"Also remember that the #NDP was MIA during the Cola Wars"
Sun News Network journalist David Akin tweeted:
"It wasn't Craig Anderson in goal in New York tonight. It was the NDP."
