Ottawa Citizen: PM skipped Kyoto vote for hockey

[tuvor]

Prime Minister Stephen Harper skipped a vote on the Kyoto Protocol on climate change this week and instead chose to fly to Toronto to watch a hockey game with his 10-year-old son.

Opposition MPs say the decision to put pucks over Parliament shows that environmental issues rate as a low priority for Mr. Harper, who had no other reason to be in Toronto the day he attended the NHL season opener between the Maple Leafs and the Ottawa Senators.

The Prime Minister's Office yesterday confirmed that Mr. Harper had no meetings or other official business in Toronto on Wednesday.

"He just wanted to go to the game and he wanted to take his son,'' said his communications director, Sandra Buckler.


From left, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment chairman Larry Tanenbaum, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his son, Ben, attended the NHL season-opener between the Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators in Toronto on Wednesday night. Meanwhile, Mr. Harper's government was losing a Kyoto vote in Ottawa.

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[MrPrax]

1. It was a sad game...

Watching the Maple Laffs paste the Senators 6-0 -- not pretty. The only good game was the Edm-Cal matchup. The canucks and detroit was great for the canucks, but Detroit, like Ottawa looked terrible...

Oh yeah...OP...yeah Harper is a hypocrite and doesn't give a rat's ass about the environment and Ambrose is as dumb as a bag of hammers and Tory eyecandy for silver haired gents.

Actually none of the parties (except the Greens) give a damn, so it's a sham battle.

[daleo]

2. Later he will claim "I did not vote against the Kyoto accord"

When it is conventient to do so. Also, he will say "I did not vote for the Kyoto accord" when it is convenient to do so.

He is setting up for lying with the truth on the campaign trail. It will depend on the audience.