It looks like the Canadian Parliament is taking a hint from the Iranian Nuclear Program--if you have a message, its best put into song.

Conservative MP Brian Pallister might want to stick to politics if his singing debut is anything to go by.

Pallister got the hook from the Speaker in the House of Commons on Monday as he sang a mocking melody about former Royal Canadian Mint president David Dingwall. Pallister began a member statement by singing Another Ding in the Wall, to the tune of Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall.

In case anyone on this end of the frigid North hasn't been reading up on Canadian politics, David Dingwall is the former president of the Royal Canadian Mint (Cabinet Minister appointed by the former scandal-wrought Liberal government--as opposed to the current scandal-wrought Liberal government), who resigned after being caught doing what Kwame Kilpatrick makes part of his job description, stealing tons of money with unnecessary enterances on his expense account--things like lavish trips, golf club memberships, even the smaller things in life such as chewing gum (bet Kwame never thought of that!). And worse than that, he conveniently forgot to register that he lobbied the government shortly before working for the government. A practice that, over here, would get Tom DeLay indicted in a heartbeat.

Or get him an ambassadorship, but that's for another time and place.

But in the interest of party unity, instead of heading to O'Reilly and launching scurrilous-but-true barbs at the Big Cheese, they decided to make a public statment--one that incorporated Pink Floyd.

Why won't people in my government do this?

"You don't need no information, we're in charge of thought control," he warbled. "Fine wines with caviar in the backroom."

And he had the whole party behind him.

The rest of the Conservative caucus then joined in: "Hey Tories! Leave those Grits alone."

The last time the Republican party stood together to sing, I guarantee Lincoln was in office, the song was Happy Birthday, and it was immediately followed by carrot cake and Pin the Tail on Jefferson Davis. The last time the Democrats sang together, it was a funeral dirge for their party's platform.

But this, this, was apparently nothing new.

Ps have been allowed to sing their way through statements in the past but Milliken said it's up to him to decide what's appropriate in each circumstance and enough is enough.

Except that, when you decide to cut off someone with an inherently creative nature, they just keep it coming, whether you want them to or not.

"(Dingwall) got money for nothing, chicklets for free," the Manitoba MP complained of the former Liberal cabinet minister who expensed everything from golf to gum during his tenure at the Mint.

Okay, so to be truly honest, this story is serving merely to entertain me, but I think we need to take some action in this country and get a similar policy enacted. In fact, I believe we should amend the Constitution to reflect the changes. Every time they want to add pork to a bill, the proposal has to be entirely in song, and to the tune of one of the following songs:

Queen's "We are the Champions"

Aerosmith's "Dream On"

Christina Aguilera's "Come On Over, Baby"

and anything previously recorded by Barry Manilow.

No more fish-painted airplanes for Ted Stevens. Unless he earns it, of course.

Cross-posted at American Princess