Funniest part of the debate
...Was when Martin plugged his former and now his sons' shipping company.
"The bulk of the company's ships fly the Canadian flag, over 500 employees, the head office is in Montreal, they pay their taxes in Montreal, but they're doing something that I think is very exciting, they've also expanded around the world, you know, I just don't want to see foreign companies coming and incorporating in Canada, I want to see Canadian companies with head offices in Canada expanding around the world, we can do it..."
That's what Martin actually said.
Weirdly, the CTV transcript didn't accurately portray Martin plugging his former company.
Here's how CTV has it recorded (as of now):
"The bulk of the company ships fly the Canadian flag. Over 500 employees, the head office is in Montreal, they pay their taxes in Montreal. They have also expanded around the world. You know, I just don't want to see foreign companies coming and incorporating in Canada. I want to see Canadian companies from head office in Canada expanding around the world. We can do it. I feel very good about our country and I believe that's the kind of proof that we need."
Well, CTV got down most of it, except for the part where Martin excitedly talked about how his former company was doing something "very exciting". Why would Martin bother to mention the fact that his sons' company was doing something exciting? And why would the CTV transcript folks leave that out? I doubt there was any malicious reason behind it, since there's plenty of other mistakes as well... but the way Martin was talking about the activities of his former company was very telling, in both good and bad ways.
Obviously, it showed a lack of awareness, and even a lack of class to plug his former company on national television during an election debate, but on the upside, at least it showed that Martin has *some* capitalistic instincts, even if his rhetoric suggests otherwise.
"The bulk of the company's ships fly the Canadian flag, over 500 employees, the head office is in Montreal, they pay their taxes in Montreal, but they're doing something that I think is very exciting, they've also expanded around the world, you know, I just don't want to see foreign companies coming and incorporating in Canada, I want to see Canadian companies with head offices in Canada expanding around the world, we can do it..."
That's what Martin actually said.
Weirdly, the CTV transcript didn't accurately portray Martin plugging his former company.
Here's how CTV has it recorded (as of now):
"The bulk of the company ships fly the Canadian flag. Over 500 employees, the head office is in Montreal, they pay their taxes in Montreal. They have also expanded around the world. You know, I just don't want to see foreign companies coming and incorporating in Canada. I want to see Canadian companies from head office in Canada expanding around the world. We can do it. I feel very good about our country and I believe that's the kind of proof that we need."
Well, CTV got down most of it, except for the part where Martin excitedly talked about how his former company was doing something "very exciting". Why would Martin bother to mention the fact that his sons' company was doing something exciting? And why would the CTV transcript folks leave that out? I doubt there was any malicious reason behind it, since there's plenty of other mistakes as well... but the way Martin was talking about the activities of his former company was very telling, in both good and bad ways.
Obviously, it showed a lack of awareness, and even a lack of class to plug his former company on national television during an election debate, but on the upside, at least it showed that Martin has *some* capitalistic instincts, even if his rhetoric suggests otherwise.
posted by Japnaam Singh at
10:45 PM
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