John Chen speaks out against Shafiq Qaadri, the Ontario MPP, who wants legislature to drop its BlackBerry-only policy

Last week, Etobicoke North MPP Shafiq Qaadri, introduced a petition asking the Ontario legislature to allow members and staff to use a variety of smartphones instead of sticking to the BlackBerry-only policy but did so in a rather terrible way. Qaadri called the assembly’s policy “handicapping, retarding and penalizing MPPs” to which many, including, Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Michael Harris found highly offensive not only for the language used but also the ‘anti-BlackBerry’ sentiment behind it as noted by The Record.

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