This just shows you where politics in this country are really at. What a joke that Jack Layton, Gilles Duceppe and Stephane Dion have decided to throw Shane Doan under a bus just to gain a fleeting moment of support.
A year and a half ago, linesman Michael Cormier alleged that Doan uttered a slur against Francophones while skating by him. Doan denies that incident ever occurred. The nhl investigated the allegations and deemed that doan did nothing wrong.
The issue was dead until the opposition parties in the House of Commons decided to bring it up on Monday. They feel that Doan is an unfit captain for Team Canada at the World Championships. They even suggested it cast a shadow on the Canadian team.
First of all, the notion that Doan even made these remarks is absurd to me. I know him personally and I personally guarantee that he did no such thing. His teammates bug this guy on a regular basis because he says “fudge” instead of four-letter words, and you want to label him anti-French? And if that’s not good enough, he was investigated by the league and cleared of any and all allegations of wrongdoing!!!
Secondly, the fact that these mud-slinging opposition leaders have no bigger issues to tackle than the captaincy of Team Canada makes me wonder why we even pay the salaries of these clowns. This is how you spend your time???
“Hey guys, maybe tomorrow we can do some digging into Ghandi’s past… I think this whole 'world peace' thing was a cover.”
I wonder why people in this country are so jaded on the political process?
Newsflash- we have actual problems in this country. When you finish with Health Care, unresolved Land Claims and pollution, give me a call. But do us all a favour and deal with some of the issues you were elected to resolve. Because it's tough to clean up this country's problems with mud all over your hands.
5 comments:
Hey Scottie, great post... these politicians are a complete joke.
Scott,
Very easy for you to criticize people who defend our country's bilingual heritage. Has it occurred to you that Shane Doan is a bigot towards French-Canadians?
Luc
Luc,
As it says in my latest blog entry, I know Shane personally and I personally guarantee you that he is no bigot. This attempt to gain political support by besmirching a quality person in Doan is completely misguided.
Everyone says they know Shane Doan personally. So does Daniel Briere. But how do you and Daniel know that Shane doesn't have some deep-seated animosty towards my people?
If I recall, everyone thought that John Vanbiesbrouck was a great guy. Then the guy runs a junior team and refers to Trevor Daley (who played for the junior team Vanbiebrouck was a part-owner of) with the 'N' word. Everyone was shocked. No one thought he was like that.
Team Canada represents two nations - English Canada AND French Canada and MY people don't want a racist redneck from Alberta representing us.
C'est vrai!
Luc
Luc,
Stop it right there. Scott is saying that he cannot believe that Shane Doan would do something like that based on what he knows of Shane's character. You, like the politicians in Ottawa are completely overreacting to this. Stop mixing politics with sports.
Steve
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