Shelly Glover, Tory MP for St. Boniface in Manitoba, is not the brightest bulb in the Tory caucus these days, is she?
A Conservative member of Parliament is defending her plan to give free water bottles, with the party logo, to French immersion students in Winnipeg.
Shelly Glover says she simply wanted to congratulate the kids on speaking a second language.
Ms. Glover sent a letter to one of the school divisions in the Manitoba capital, offering to give them water bottles adorned with her name and the Conservative party logo.
But the school division rejected the idea, citing a policy that prohibits the use of teaching aids that promote specific parties or people.
Ms. Glover says she hopes to talk to the school board and find some other way to promote French immersion.
But she says there is nothing wrong with being proud of her political party and displaying that pride to students.
“Common sense” is never common, is it? From the story above she still doesn’t understand what she did wrong.
Shelly, let me explain this slowly: There is a diffence between giving out your personalized/party logo emblazoned water bottles at partisan events or public events like parades. There you are acting in your capacity as a politician MP. On the other hand you don’t give out partisan items when you are representing the government.  There would have been nothing wrong with giving out water bottles with a (blue 
) maple leaf for example.
Just think about it next time, okay?
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