The fat cats vs. Blazing Cat Fur
By Mark Steyn - Wednesday, July 8, 2009 - 87 Comments
The Dominion of Canada feels a bunch of ingrate impecunious bloggers is out to get it
The other day Iris Evans, the finance minister of Alberta, gave a speech to the Economic Club of Toronto. And right at the end she suggested that parents ought to be prepared to make some economic sacrifice in order to be at home with their young kids. “When you’re raising children,” she said, “you don’t both go off to work and leave them for somebody else to raise.”
For some reason, David Swann, the Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition, felt this warranted an official statement from him. Can you guess what it said? Okay, stand well back:
“If she really said these things, she must apologize. If she doesn’t apologize, the premier must fire her,” said Mr. Swann. “These are truly outrageous claims. I have never been as stunned by the sheer arrogance and ignorance of the Tories as I am today.” Continue…
