Mr. Speaker, I have a slightly less partisan Christmas poem.
'Tis the last sitting week before Christmas
For this virtual House
Instead of coming to Ottawa
MPs are home with their spouse.
Using a new cloud platform
Never leaving the room
House meetings or committees
It all happens on Zoom.
Making speeches of brilliance
Winning each dispute
Only to realize
That we are on mute.
Working for constituents
Fighting for grants
Wearing shirt, tie and jacket
With no need for pants.
For MPs, tackling a virus
Has become the most important of tasks
We have beseeched all Canadians
To wash their hands and wear masks.
With a team Canada approach
There is no “I” or “me”
For parliamentarians
2020 has been all about WE.
We have worked together on programs
That have made all the news
Millions of Canadians
Have used CERB, CECRA and CEWS.
In this crazy environment
Division is something we cannot afford
Politicians must come together
Like Freeland and Ford.
St. Nick will check his list, and I know he will check it twice
To see which party in the House was not naughty but nice.
Was it green, blue, red, orange or light blue?
I think that this honour goes to our pages so true.
We will remember 2020 for this virus we abhor
And for the opposition always demanding more.
Let's all tell the elves the one thing on which we are keen
Is for them to be quick and bring us a good vaccine.
If we can ask Santa for something
It is clear what that would be
A return in 2021
To real normalcy.