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It was like a political master-class in Liberal-bashing on the Hill Monday.

Not only did we have a chip off the old block – Pierre Poilievre – but the old block himself – Jason Kenney.

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The former Conservative minister, and current leader of the opposition in Alberta, was in town to air his grievances about the Trudeau government’s carbon tax in front of the Finance committee.

But first, the newly-svelte United Conservative leader sparred with reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons.

Poilievre introduced him, after which Kenney jokingly thanked “my former intern. I taught him all he knows.”

He could say the same about a great many Conservatives down the years.

Poilievre blushed, in part because it’s true – he’s matured into the most effective purveyor of political language in the House since, well, Jason Kenney.

To be clear, I mean that in the Orwellian sense – “political language is designed to make lies sound truthful, murder respectable and to give the appearance of solidity to pure wind.”