John Baird: (In house of Commons with full immunity)
“Canada (is) once again providing leadership in the world, fighting above its weight class and showing moral authority to the rest of the world. That’s what Canada’s known for.”
The environment minister paused, for full frontal effect, then said, “Do we know who said that yesterday? Al Gore.”
“Canada (is) once again providing leadership in the world, fighting above its weight class and showing moral authority to the rest of the world. That’s what Canada’s known for.”
The environment minister paused, for full frontal effect, then said, “Do we know who said that yesterday? Al Gore.”
Al Gore said Baird “mischaracterized” his comments. He did not make them last week, but instead last summer. He did not praise Canada for its past performance on the environment, but was trying to keep Canada from walking away from its Kyoto obligations.
“The comments I made were designed to encourage the Harper government not to abandon Canada’s tradition of fighting above its weight class on the world stage as part of the Kyoto process,” Gore said.
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