Shane Doan

[jefferiah]

Now, Norman, if you do not like the Conservatives, then that leaves three likely possibilities as to what political party you do support: Liberals, NDP, or the Bloc.

All of these parties expressed outrage over this most horrible of issues. First, it was the Bloc, and then the Grits and NDP jumped on the bandwagon. And then the Tories say "Fine, you can question Hockey Canada." How do I know this is why they supported the motion? Because it is quite apparent. They did not express any outrage over Shane Doan being captain. Rather, they were criticized for it, and the Tories, at first, defended themselves by saying, "Look, this is not our job here, to pick teams." And then there is the phone call from Stephen Harper to Shane Doan. You called this hypocritical. What a strange attack you make on the Tories. Now it appears you feel as if they are not being fair to Shane Doan and you are pretending to be offended for him. Why not let Shane Doan decide whether or not Harper's phone call was honest enough for him? What do you care? You are obviously a supporter of one of the parties that expressed outrage over the issue, since you are criticizing the only party which did not. So basically the Conservatives are giving your team (whatever team that is---Bloc, NDP, or Liberal) a chance to investigate for themselves, and you are damning them for being open and fair with your team.

[normanchateau]

So basically the Conservatives are giving your team (whatever team that is---Bloc, NDP, or Liberal) a chance to investigate for themselves, and you are damning them for being open and fair with your team.

Come on now Jefferiah. Do you seriously believe that all five Conservative MPs who supported the motion did so for any reason other than to pander to francophones who might be lured into voting for them? One of the more intelligent comments on this situation came from Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre. He stated “They (Canadians) want to put the politicians into the penalty box and let Team Canada put the puck in the net."

Poilievre was referring to all the MPs on the committee, including the Conservative MPs.

[jefferiah]

So basically the Conservatives are giving your team (whatever team that is---Bloc, NDP, or Liberal) a chance to investigate for themselves, and you are damning them for being open and fair with your team.

Come on now Jefferiah. Do you seriously believe that all five Conservative MPs who supported the motion did so for any reason other than to pander to francophones who might be lured into voting for them? One of the more intelligent comments on this situation came from Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre. He stated “They (Canadians) want to put the politicians into the penalty box and let Team Canada put the puck in the net."

Poilievre was referring to all the MPs on the committee, including the Conservative MPs.

Yes, I do believe that Norman. But let's just say for the sake of agrument that I am totally wrong. No matter what the reason is, the party you support, which by process of elimination is one of the parties which saw fit to express outrage over the issue, are getting what they want, so this should be a non-issue for you. You might as well go join Gilles Duceppe. You seem to think alot alike. Gilles is a Seperatist who cares not for Canada until it comes time to pick the hockey team's captain. And you are support a party which called Shane Doan unfit to be captain. Only when the conservatives vote to allow the investigation to go ahead (for whatever motive) do you see the investigation as unfit. It's almost as if you think the Tories initiated the whole issue here. If you think the Shane Doan affair is outrageous then you had might as well criticize your own party for saying he was unfit in the first place. Or else, you really think he is unfit. Which is it Norman? Or do you switch between the two when it suits you?

[normanchateau]

If you think the Shane Doan affair is outrageous then you had might as well criticize your own party for saying he was unfit in the first place. Or else, you really think he is unfit. Which is it Norman? Or do you switch between the two when it suits you?

ALL parties deserve criticism for supporting the motion. The Green Party is off the hook.

[Big Blue Machine]

A friend of mine who works in a Tory MPP's office suggested that the MPP wear a Shane Doan jersey.

[Canuck E Stan]

A friend of mine who works in a Tory MPP's office suggested that the MPP wear a Shane Doan jersey.

Canada wins world hockey championship

Canada did not lose in the tournament, beating nine separate countries by a combined score of 41-21. The largely unheralded group was one of the youngest professional teams Canada had ever assembled for the event.

Canadian politicians should hang their heads in shame.

[uOttawaMan]

Stupidest waste of Parliamentary time and money ever.

[jdobbin]

Harper is already trying to deny that his five MPs on the committee had anything to do with the Doan incident.

http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story....f62c1e0&k=18244

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is rewriting a parliamentary inquisition of Team Canada’s captain to airbrush out Conservative participation.

Harper painted the widely ridiculed Shane Doan episode as a product of opposition mischief Thursday.

He cited that spectacle as a reason the Commons’ official languages committee is no longer sitting. It is just one of a series of committees whose work has ground to a halt on Parliament Hill.

“The government has its own positions to defend,” Harper said in Waterloo when asked about the committee gridlock.

“But as you know, we recently had the goofiness with the Shane Doan incident and I think our members at that point said this was an embarrassment to Canada, attacking the national hockey team, and in the future we’re going to be much clearer about what we want to discuss.”

There’s only one problem with that analysis — the Conservatives participated in the Doan “goofiness.”

All 12 MPs — including five Tories — on the the official languages committee unanimously agreed earlier this month to call Hockey Canada officials on the carpet to explain the Doan’s captaincy at the world hockey championships, in light of disputed comments attributed to Doan in 2005.

And the decision was defended at the time by Harper’s former sport minister.

[Who's Doing What?]

Now he is trying to rewrite (recent) history?

Maybe instead of rewriting CPC incompetence out of the record he should rewrite some of the cheques he has handed to Quebec and leave a few zeros off the number.