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Not many people in Canada would consider Ensaf Haider, the Canadian wife of Saudi political prisoner Raif Badawi, as one of the “stupidest people on Twitter.” But that is exactly how supporters of Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party of Canada were described by Paul Wells of Maclean’s while appearing on CBC TV’s show Power and Politics the other day. Haider is among the thousands of Canadians showing their support for Bernier.

That evening, CBC invited its so-called Power Panel comprising supporters of all political parties, dressed up as ‘observers’, ‘experts’ or ‘analysts’ to disparage Bernier, laughing at him with an air of disdain accompanied by giggles and non-visual high fives.

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One would hope common decency and balanced journalism would have required at least one participant in the panel who would rebut the insults being hurled not just at Bernier, but also his supporters.

Host Vassy Kapelos is one of Canada’s finest current affairs host. She is a delight to watch as she goes head to head with the toughest and meanest, but on that evening, she let her guard down and the mockery continued.