Friday, October 06, 2006

Steve Phones George

Steve: Yeah. George? Steve here - Prime Minister of Canada.

George: Steve! How're ya doin'? What's up?

Steve: Well, we have this Arar thing heating up again here...

George: Arar? What's that? Some kind of hockey thing or maple syrup?

Steve: Umm, no George. Maher Arar. Sent to Syria by your guys. Tortured.

George: Is he still there?

Steve: Uh, no. He's been home for years now.

George: What's the problem then?

Steve: Well, there's this final report and it doesn't look good for you, George...

George: Uh huh. So what about it?

Steve: Well I'm supposed to file an official complaint with you about it.

George: A fishin' complaint? heh heh heh...

Steve: No, an o-ffi-cial complaint.

George: Yeah... so how is the fishing up there? Catch anything good lately?

Steve: Yes, well I was on a camping trip this summer with my wife and kids and we...

George: Steve? Gotta run. Dick's here.

Click.

At a press conference following the phone call, Steve had this to say:

Bush "had some awareness of the issue," seemed to be sympathetic and said the U.S. government would respond, Harper said.
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