Big Stephen took Poor Rodney’s boat and now Poor Rodney is asking Big Stephen to give it back.
Ah, Nova Scotia politics. What would we do for laughs without it.
This week Harper raided Nova Scotia’s Coast Guard to buy himself a few votes in Quebec. He plucked the Cap Perce from the Canadian Coast Guard College and sent it to a vote-rich constituency in Quebec. This is the third Coast Guard boat taken from Poor Rodney by Big Stephen.
And once again the Premier of Nova Scotia is reduced to begging: “I urge your government to reconsider these decisions and to commit to having a coast guard ship based at the coast guard college.”
Yeah, right Rodney. As if Big Stephen is going to listen to you and your little voter impoverished province.
“I did not have a heads-up, and I would have brought it up to the attention of the prime minister if I had.”
Mom! He took my boat when I wasn’t lookiinggggggggg!!!!! No fairrrrrrrr!!!!
This letter was not sent in the hope that Stephen will give Rodney back his boat. He won’t. And Poor Rodney knows it.
Rodney wrote the letter to make it look like he’s doing something.
“Why, if Stephen doesn’t give back my boat, I’ll …… I’ll…… I’ll write a letter and ask him to give it back.”
If Rodney had an iota of clout, he’d be putting a stop to these things long before they ever happened. But alas, they happen and happen often, and Rodney doesn’t find out until after the fact.
So Stephen wins and Nova Scotia loses. Again.
Thanks Rodney. It’s great having you on our side.
