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 Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:47 am Post subject: Political Correctness in Canada :-P |
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Federal minister apologizes for joke he's not sure he told
Last Updated: Thursday, February 21, 2008 | 7:11 AM NT
CBC News
Federal Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn has apologized for a joke he's not sure he made, responding to a complaint from a politician who didn't hear it.
Joan Burke, Newfoundland and Labrador's education minister, demanded Hearn apologize Wednesday for telling what she called a sexist joke at a weekend Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador convention. However, Burke did not attend Hearn's speech in Gander, and would not repeat what Hearn supposedly had said.
Nonetheless, Hearn said Wednesday he is sorry if anyone took offence during his speech, which he said contained about 15 jokes.
Hearn said no one seemed offended at the event, and he can't think which of the jokes might have offended anyone. "I have never, ever in my life intentionally said anything that would offend anybody, and if I did on the weekend, I sincerely apologize because it's not what I do, or how I do it," Hearn said.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2008/02/21/hearn-apology.html |
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