Our parliamentary secretary for short pants

The Harper Cons went just a little too far this week in demonstrating their disrespect for Parliament, and finally they got called on it by the Globe and Mail and Ottawa Citizen.
So Paul Calandra apologized -- he's just such a passionate guy ya know and he couldn't help himself and we have to forgive him!

So the apology is for allowing his “passion” and “anger” to get the better of him? But this is, like most political apologies, self-praise.

— Andrew Coyne (@acoyne) September 26, 2014

But I don't think he was trying to stop himself from crying as he spoke to the house, but rather from laughing -- he also said he was "fairly certain" he would do it again.
And what's with his "short pants" obsession? He keeps mentioning them....