[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by Eric

Or, as John Diefenbaker said: Politicians use statistics like drunks use lamp posts, more for support than illumination (or something close to that). He also said that "Parliament is more than procedure; it is the custodian of the Nation's freedom." Something else that parliamentarians tend to forget.

Thank you Eric, you can be relied upon to come up with a post which puts it all in a nutshell..