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Tuesday, October 02, 2001

The supposed rescuers scored gifts and praise, but accomplished nothing

"Nice people swollen up with legitimately good intentions but hopelessly ineffectual; praise from the man occupying the highest office in the true north strong and free, and a convivial atmosphere in which, despite abundant clues that this might not be quite what it appeared, no one would call the spade a spade even as it was smacking everyone square in the face: Dear Jesus, is there a more Canadian recipe than that?"

—National Post. Prime Minister of Canada Jean ChrŽtien bungles a grip-and-grin photo opportunity with what are supposed to be Toronto-area rescue workers in New York City, but weren't. "Among them a disc jockey, a hospital registration clerk, a guy from shipping and receiving, a cleaner and an auto parts driverÑwho had not come within a country mile of danger, let alone the infamous ground zero site."'

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