Monday, June 7, 2010
Rock 'em, Sock 'em, House of Commons
RON MACLEAN
It's me, Ron MacLean, here with Don Cherry on House of Commons Night in Canada. Don, it's been a long, long season.
DON CHERRY
Tell me about it. Luongo's golfing and I'm having heart attacks.
RON MACLEAN
But we're not done.
DON CHERRY
Absolutely not. Philly's home alone...it's gonna be war.
RON MACLEAN
Speaking of which, we're not done in the House of Commons, either.
DON CHERRY
I know. Speaker Milliken thought he had a deal, and now it looks like he's got a fake lake.
RON MACLEAN
So what's your take on that?
DON CHERRY
Harper's pulling a dive, another weasel move.
RON MACLEAN
How so?
DON CHERRY
So, the Speaker thinks he's got a deal, a Memorandum of Understanding, subject only to final negotiations to work out the details, establishing the supremacy of Parliament, as was established in the Magna Carta, blah, blah, blah. Meanwhile, Harper is cruising around Europe while John Baird is pretending to be Byfuglien in the Commons. Now, three weeks later, there's no deal, and Harper is pretending it doesn't matter.
RON MACLEAN
Does it matter?
DON CHERRY
Of course it does! What could Bill McCreary say?
RON MACLEAN
So you think we're headed for a constitutional crisis?
DON CHERRY
ABSOLUTELY! Derek Lee isn't gonna take this one lying down.
RON MACLEAN
So we'll have to leave it there on House of Commons Night in Canada.
DON CHERRY
What did you think of Whitehorse?
RON MACLEAN
The bugs were excellent. Luckily, they were attacked by your suit.
DON CHERRY
You're lucky I wasn't wearing my Orange Blossom Special.
RON MACLEAN
I feel grateful.