OTTAWA - A provocative movie about the sex lives of young people is too hot for some Conservatives to handle -- and a parliamentary staffer has been fired for ordering tickets to a special screening.
Tory MPs are denying they ever planned to watch the film Young People F---ing even though several of their names appeared on an RSVP list for an Ottawa viewing tomorrow night.
The movie has fuelled censorship debate around a Conservative bill that would deny tax credits to productions deemed "contrary to public policy" by the government.
An assistant to MP Gary Goodyear from Cambridge, Ont., was fired after Goodyear's name showed up on the screening guest list. She had in fact ordered the ticket for herself.
"I do not want to see his reputation harmed over something so trivial and untrue," wrote Victoria van Eyk in an email to The Canadian Press just before her dismissal.
No one in Goodyear's office returned calls.
Tory MPs Patrick Brown, James Lunney and Carol Skelton also say their names were listed in error and that they have no plans to see the film.
