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Savvy27 · 11-23-2012, 10:47 AM

"I'm sorry I said what I did. I was wrong to relate the area of the country that Mr. (Stephen) Harper is from with the people who live there and with the policies that he has that don't represent the values of most Canadians," said Trudeau, who was speaking at the Vancouver Art Gallery, on the final stop of his B.C. tour.

From: http://www.vancouversun.com/Justin+T...#ixzz2D4KcPdVh

I'm not very impressed by the apology. It's just a quote and it hints at him at least differentiating between the values of a political party from the political culture of an entire region, but it seems like they are just trying to bury the story more than wanting to clarify or retract the comments.

11-23-2012, 10:47 AM	#85
Savvy27 #1 Goaltender Join Date: Sep 2002 Exp:	"I'm sorry I said what I did. I was wrong to relate the area of the country that Mr. (Stephen) Harper is from with the people who live there and with the policies that he has that don't represent the values of most Canadians," said Trudeau, who was speaking at the Vancouver Art Gallery, on the final stop of his B.C. tour. From: http://www.vancouversun.com/Justin+T...#ixzz2D4KcPdVh I'm not very impressed by the apology. It's just a quote and it hints at him at least differentiating between the values of a political party from the political culture of an entire region, but it seems like they are just trying to bury the story more than wanting to clarify or retract the comments.