wear somebody out [ bore somebody stiff | get on somebody's nerves | be a pain in the neck ]

run down someone [ gossip about somebody behind his back | talk about somebody behind his back ]

A few years later, the federal government is getting ready to destroy, ruin, put the axe to something which is working well in Quebec.

I was not able to assess whether it limped away or whether it bounded off, but I am quite sure that at 60 kilometres an hour, which was about the speed I was travelling, striking a deer with a car that weighs 4,000 pounds would certainly inflict some harm on it and some pain, maybe even break some bones.

If you think about it that way, it is kind of a dangerous provision because if you are someone committing something that is completely a criminal act — for example, you are smashing windows and stealing stuff — and you are charged with that, a defence you could make is, ``I may not have been there just to do peaceful things, but a lot of other people were, and these amendments to sections 65 and 66 create a chilling effect, and the chilling effect is so great that it violates section 2(b) of the Charter. Therefore, those provisions are unconstitutional'.

Mr. Speaker, while I am generally recognized a fun loving person, I think that I will be somewhat of a party pooper this evening.