Ottawa

BTC: Harper’s response

David Akin has the full transcript. Including this bit. “The real question during that whole period of time was making sure everybody was doing their job. Not just the company that took full responsibility for the listeriosis crisis but all government officials in all departments were working round the clock to make sure they were fixing the problem. Certainly, I would like to know that that, and that alone, was the priority of officials and I think it was the priority of the vast number of government officials. I’m obviously disappointed that some have some other priorities.”

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