Canada’s not for sale. Maclean’s is. Subscribe today

IMG_1760
General

Olympic hats create storm - but it could have been worse

By Mitchel Raphael
Share

October 1, 2009

IMG_1755

 

Much drama and political theatre in the House foyer as opposition MPs like Liberal Hedy Fry (below) were aghast over official caps for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games bearing a similar logo  to the Conservative Party logo. 

IMG_1748

 

Toronto NDP MP Olivia Chow was upset the hats were made in China. (That is just soooo Beijing 2008!)

IMG_1769

IMG_1766

 

Liberals were handing out the caps in the foyer.  Alykhan Velshi (left), aide to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney (right), seemed to be happy to score a free hat. 

IMG_1760

 

And what  if the Liberals would have been in power  and a similar  “coincidence”  happened ?  Maybe Canadian Olympic athletes would have been walking around with a big “L” on their foreheads.