...Finally, on Wednesday Martin felt the heat and issued a statement from his Moroccan resort stating:
"The shocking human toll of the terrible disaster in South and Southeast Asia has moved Canadians across the country to do what they can to try and help. Thousands of Canadians have been touched personally by this tragedy.
"The scope of the devastation will demand that we continue to work together to respond to the immediate and long-term rescue, humanitarian and reconstruction needs."
So, he had Graham up the aid money to $40 million. Plus announce they'd send a couple of planeloads of supplies to the disaster area. Plus some military types to "study" whether the DART team should go.
Oh, and Martin's office said he'd ordered Pettigew and Carroll back to Ottawa.
And the PM would even make the great sacrifice of returning from holidays by Saturday -- a day before he was scheduled.
In a pre-recorded end-of-year interview on the Liberal-friendly CTV network, Martin was asked if his critics were correct in describing him as "a ditherer."
The PM hemmed and hawed, cleared his throat, looked uncomfortable, and finally replied: "No."
Quoted from Bob MacDonald, Toronto Sun
