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BTC: Stephane Dion, surrealist politician

It is, of course, beyond unfair at this point to keep picking on the Liberal leader’s grasp of the English language. His English is far superior to my French. And dwelling on the linguistic hiccups of our fellow Canadians is one of those things that keeps this country from enjoying true harmony, right?

Of course, we tend to be rather unfair around here anyway, don’t we? So here he is yesterday, taking questions from reporters after QP.

Reporter: Mr. Dion, if you became prime minister, would you spend the $10 million to fix up 24 Sussex and leave the place for 15 months? It is a green tragedy, there is a terrible waste of energy over there.

Stéphane Dion: Thank you. I like depression. I just want to say that it is a historic building. It belongs to the Canadian people. So if the NCC, the National Capital Commission makes it a priority and the budget exists, my family will not be the problem. We will do what the NCC is asking us to do because it belongs to the Canadian people. I’m very confidence that I will be prime minister. I don’t know if I will live at Sussex.

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