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Originally Posted by Fozzie_DeBear
OK Let me get this straight....why is Martin incompetant?
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On a different matter of incompetence....the PM, on a day when he is addressing the UN climate change summit in Montreal, says "The simple fact of the matter is that our economies -- indeed our societies --
cannot sustain our patterns of consumption."
But.... gets blindsided by the CPC's about their campaign plane:
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In a press released entitled "Reality Check," the Conservative party blasted the Liberal leader for flying in a Boeing 727.
"Liberal Leader Paul Martin flew in to Montreal today to boast about his clean air record. Um, but he flew in quite the gas guzzler! Paul Martin is jetting around in a Boeing 727 - one of the world's noisiest and most environmentally unfriendly aircraft," the press release reads.
"Conversely, the Conservative campaign plane is an Airbus 320 -- widely respected for its low greenhouse gas emissions and noise control."
The release also cites a 2004 Globe and Mail article that reports statistics released by the Air Transport Association of Canada reveal the Boeing 727 burns 1,289 gallons of fuel per hour, compared with the Airbus 320 which burns just over half that amount, at 767 gallons per hour.
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PMPM replies:
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Martin was defiant when asked about the fuel efficiency of the plane.
"This is a plane like any other plane. The only way to travel across a country like Canada is to travel by plane, and I suppose we could poll press members who are travelling with me whether they'd like to cross the country by bus," he told reporters.
Later Wednesday, when asked again about the plane, Martin conceded there was room for improvement.
"The fact is that that these are chartered planes ... what you are saying is there are more fuel-efficient planes that we could have chartered. I suppose that's something that we would look at."
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Haha, not only can the Fiberals burn up cash, they burn up the jet fuel a lot faster than the CPC's too!!
He looks pretty silly on this one.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...ion2006&no_ads=
Edit... oh BTW, thought Winsor might like some NON-fiction in this thread!!!
