David Akin has the transcript of the Prime Minister’s tangential and erroneous attack.
David Akin has the transcript of the Prime Minister’s tangential and erroneous attack.
If you don’t mind giving me a moment to address the comments of Mr. Ignatieff. The leader of the opposition suggested very recently in the last day or two, I gather, that it’s possible — I’m not sure if he’s saying it’s desirable or should happen or could happen — that there will be a group come to the fore, a group of major countries that will exclude Canada. I don’t know where he’s getting this idea. Nobody but Mr. Ignatieff in the world has suggested excluding Canada from a meeting of major countries. Nobody. It’s the first anybody has heard of it. I think it’s an irresponsible suggestion, Mr. Ignatieff is supposed to be a Canadian. I don’t think you go out and float ideas like this that are so obviously contrary to the country’s interests when no one else is advocating them. So I would suggest that he look carefully at his comments and withdraw those. Frankly they would be irresponsible coming from anybody but particularly irresponsible coming from a kean Canadian Parliamentarian.