Jane Taber has reported New Democrat MP Charlie Angus wants to ban Twitter on in the House of Commons.

She reports:

“Charlie Angus wants MPs banned from Twitter just “to save politicians from looking like idiots.” The Northern Ontario New Democrat is serious…”

Later quotes Angus as saying:

“I would like Members of Parliament to put the inane little games away and get down to [the] business of serving their representatives. When I saw that Twitter, I was appalled because I thought it could happen at any of our committees,” he said in the House of Commons.

Suffice it to say the post leaves the distinct impression that Angus want to keep MPs off Twitter.

As most will know, I worked with Angus since his first election to the House of Commons until I left the office a year ago. I was there for some of his most memorable fights: flag pins, the fight for Kashechewan and the copyright fight.

So, needless to day I was a but surprised to hear Angus was the MP behind a push to ban Twitter on the Hill.

Or, wait? Was he? I emailed the copyright freedom crusading MP from Northern Ontario with this missive under the heading: Sigh, a Twitter ban?

Who are you? Where did my old Chuck go? The one who loved his Facebook and directly talking to his people. Don't ban it. Embrace it. Call me if you want me to teach you how. Free. Love, Ian.

Here is his reply:

I don't want a ban on Twitter.

Let the digital masses know I will fight to the death for the right to hear Ujal Dosanjh's digital babble about whether to eat soup or not to eat soup… I just don't want to hear about it during my committee meetings.

This makes me think I might host a "banal tweat of the week" for MPs who are challenged in the relevance department.