[ridenrain]

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The boys of winter hit the ice.

A team of Tory MPs, including some cabinet ministers, is traveling from west to east, playing hockey and raising money for local charities. The Tory team usually loses badly but the MPs are having fun while doing it. Last night the boys got together in Tory MP Gord Brown’s eastern Ontario riding, raising over $70,000 for the United Way of Leeds Grenville. Mr. Brown won’t give the score, “Let's just leave the score out … United Way won big.” He said that he and Defence Minister Peter MacKay both scored while New Brunswick Tory MP, Rob Moore scored a hat trick.

Last weekend, the team was in Edmonton Tory MP James Rajotte’s riding, raising $60,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Leduc. Team Conservative, Mr. Rajotte said, lost 9 to 5 to the “Leduc Dream Team.” Mr. Rajotte, who also played last night, said that the way they viewed the game in his riding was that “we tied the first period, lost the second and won the third.”

Regulars on team are Defence Minister MacKay, Peterborough MP Dean Del Mastro, Environment Minister Jim Prentice and Alberta MP Mike Lake.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bu ... le1366150/

[Mr_Canada]

"Team Conservative, Mr. Rajotte said, lost 9 to 5..."

Sweet.

[ridenrain]

Now you hate hockey?

More important.. "raising $60,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Leduc"

When's the last time the Libs did a fundraiser for someone else?

[Mr_Canada]

Well, I'm not Liberal, so I wouldn't be able to tell you.

[ridenrain]

I guess I'll have to wait for Derby on this one.

[commanderkai]

Ignoring what was said before me, good for them. I sure and hell don't have the skills or the grace to be embarrassed like that.

[QBC]

They raised money for a good cause, good on them. The rest of the babble in this thread is just the typical partisan BS, bad on that.

[Lemmy]

By the looks of that photo, most of 'em hit the ice for sure. Literally.

[Mr_Canada]

I'll praise the charity, quite touching.

I'm noting my happiness in the fact that the team lost.

[bootlegga]

QBC wrote:

They raised money for a good cause, good on them. The rest of the babble in this thread is just the typical partisan BS, bad on that.

[ridenrain]

Aw.. Come on. This is such a partisan thread to start with, it couldn't go anwhere else. That's why I posted it in politics because I knew someone would call me on it.

It's good they raise the money but I'm even more suprised they have the time to do this.

[bootlegga]

Yeah, working in Ottawa for 4-5 months a year is a real killer...especially with the pittance MPs get paid.

[ridenrain]

So your saying that with so much spare time, they could all do something like this?

[commanderkai]

QBC wrote:

They raised money for a good cause, good on them. The rest of the babble in this thread is just the typical partisan BS, bad on that.

Ouch, I'm so ignored.

[Zipperfish]

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Looking good, boys! Stick on the ice. McKay--no puttin' on the foil!