The eye-roll to end all eye-rolls?

Nick Whalen's obviously exasperated feelings came through loud and clear in the House of Commons in Ottawa Wednesday.

The Liberal backbench MP for St. John's East was clearly not thrilled by something Conservative MP Cheryl Gallant was saying.

A bit of sass from Nick Whalen in the House of Commons yesterday<br><br>Thoughts?<a href="https://t.co/ezt7EYuobi">https://t.co/ezt7EYuobi</a> <a href="https://t.co/h2wvlkVD2G">pic.twitter.com/h2wvlkVD2G</a> —@CBCNL

Whalen's reaction was to a comment by Gallant, calling the federal Liberal budget a "deceitful betrayal to every Canadian who served, past, present, or future, who share our military history."

According to the Hansard report, Gallant said "the Liberal defence review is a shameful attempt at covering up the disdain the Liberals have for the military."

Needless to say, Whalen didn't agree.

"She tried to provoke a reaction, and she obviously provoked one out of me," said Whalen.

"It was a bit of a Kramer experience, a full-body eye-roll."

But while he didn't agree with the comments made by Gallant, Whalen said he'd do better to conceal his emotions in the future.

"Next time, I'll just need to be a little more cognizant about the fact that there's cameras on me at all times and that it doesn't show a lot of respect for the other members," he said.

Whalen's feelings to Gallant's comments were easy to see.

Liberal backbencher Nick Whalen was having NONE of it in question period today <a href="https://t.co/Ne0OGaz5n4">https://t.co/Ne0OGaz5n4</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cdnpoli?src=hash">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://t.co/GO5zK04mw2">pic.twitter.com/GO5zK04mw2</a> —@HuffPostCanada

Thought and prayers to <a href="https://twitter.com/NickWhalenMP">@NickWhalenMP</a> and family as he undergoes surgery to have his eyes rolled back down <a href="https://t.co/xSieuJukFg">pic.twitter.com/xSieuJukFg</a> —@markcritch

Best eyerolls by <a href="https://twitter.com/NickWhalenMP">@NickWhalenMP</a> since <a href="https://twitter.com/GerryRogersMHA">@GerryRogersMHA</a> appeared on Here & Now about the Facebook foolishness <a href="https://t.co/hgmwyOI6Cx">https://t.co/hgmwyOI6Cx</a> —@JohnDrover

<a href="https://twitter.com/eligdeon">@eligdeon</a> I must say: I'm really liking <a href="https://twitter.com/NickWhalenMP">@NickWhalenMP</a>'s eyeroll game because I highly doubt he meant to chew the scenery like that. Go Nick! —@Joanbeam3000

<a href="https://twitter.com/althiaraj">@althiaraj</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/HuffPostCanada">@HuffPostCanada</a> Good God, <a href="https://twitter.com/NickWhalenMP">@NickWhalenMP</a> must have sprained an eye or something doing that. —@GhostTenant

This makes me like <a href="https://twitter.com/NickWhalenMP">@NickWhalenMP</a> <a href="https://t.co/Lj5ScdO70Q">https://t.co/Lj5ScdO70Q</a> —@ld_wells

But some people thought the display was inappropriate for an MP.

<a href="https://twitter.com/NickWhalenMP">@NickWhalenMP</a> showed his unprofessional, inability to act like an adult as he sat rolling his eyes and sighing like a child in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HOC?src=hash">#HOC</a> today. —@Bill_Henwood

<a href="https://twitter.com/HuffPostCanada">@HuffPostCanada</a> STRAIGHTEN UP NICK —@FunDog_Toronto

Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan responded to Gallant's comments, saying the Liberals have "increased the planned spending with $360 million for the operational budget" for the Canadian military.