Should parliamentarians be subject to the same laws as the rest of us? Or are they somehow above the law, like BC Premier Gordon Campbell when he basically got off "scott-free" on his DUI charge in Hawaii a few years ago?

This week, Peter Mackay was given 2 back to back week-long driving suspensions for two separate speeding infractions last fall. However the judge agreed to postpone the suspensions until late May, when Mackay will be out of the country anyway, in Australia.

Should Mackay be trivializing his punishment like this, or should he be setting an example as the deputy leader of the party that wants so desperately to govern this country?


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From the Globe and Mail, April 12:


New Glasgow, N.S — Peter MacKay will join the ranks of pedestrians for two weeks next month.
The Central Nova MP and deputy Conservative leader will serve back-to-back seven-day driving suspensions, beginning May 21, after being caught speeding twice last year.
Mr. MacKay was to go to trial in New Glasgow on Monday on one of the charges, but a lawyer pleaded guilty on his behalf.
An RCMP officer clocked Mr. MacKay going 134 km/h in a 100 km/h zone on Highway 104 in Broadway, N.S., on Nov. 11.
Mr. MacKay told the officer he was late for a function.
The same officer pulled Mr. MacKay over on Dec. 23 on Highway 6 in Caribou River, N.S., for going 109 km/h in an 80 km/h zone.
Mr. MacKay had already pleaded guilty to the second charge and was set to take his week-long driving suspension the week of April 24.
His lawyer, Craig Clarke, requested Monday that the original suspension date be changed because of Mr. MacKay's schedule. The Crown consented and the judge agreed to apply both suspensions in May.
According to Mr. Clarke, Mr. MacKay will be in Australia at that time.
The MP was fined a total of $430 for both offences.