Wow! What A Broadside.

And they say that lunch in front of the television can be boring...not today. There I was right in the middle of a joint federal-provincial announcement to turn household agricultural waste into biomass energy when suddenly POW: no sooner had the word Copenhagen come out of the reporter's mouth and Quebec Premier Jean Charest let go a volley against those who criticized him for his remarks in Copenhagen.

My first reaction was one of astonishment, immediately followed by amusement. But then came a strange reaction -- I wondered if his remarks were fair. I'm told that some people are upset allegedly because the Quebec government was misrepresenting the federal position at Copenhagen; others say the federal government was allegedly doing the same thing regarding the Quebec position. A real case of he says, he says! Who knows what the truth really is but I would sure like to know what is what.

In any event, we learned two things from this spectacle. First, we found out the answer to Peter Mansbridge's question. Boy, the Prime Minister sure as hell has changed from four years ago. In spite of the look on his face, he maintained his composure and did not rise to the bait. (To his credit, Charest blasted away in both languages thereby allowing the PM to respond in English if he so chose to.)

The other thing we learned is trivial in nature. We found out that Ron O'Dowd will never be either prime minister or premier. Had I been on the receiving end, I would have blasted back with as much fury as I could muster. Say what you like about Stephen Harper but at least you have to admit that he is a bigger person than yours truly.