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Liberal leadership candidate calls for attack on…. Kyoto

He said:

“It is not possible to achieve our Kyoto targets unless we target Kyoto.”

That’s Ken Dryden in French during yesterday’s leadership debate. 

On the federal-provincial fiscal imbalance issue, Liberal Carolyn Bennett offered in French: “It’s not possible, little arithmetic lesson.”

So much is not possible with liberals.  I keep trying to tell you. 

All this from a story today at cnews.canoe.ca. I like Canadian Press reporter Alexander Panetta’s description of Bennett’s other remarks:

Even the translator on one English-language network was confused. While Bennett spoke about public confidence in the health-care system, here’s what the translation sounded like on TV:

“Trust, trust…”

A long, awkward pause ensued and concluded with a final word: “Trust.”

Of course he praises Stephane Dion for his mastery of French.  On the other hand, half the time, I’m not sure what Dion’s talking about when he’s speaking “English”, and I still don’t know what Jean Chretien said all those years.

 

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