Seems very unfair to be like:

“Look at me, I was good at skating fast again!”

I will say, I think the biggest scam of the Olympics is that some of the sports are the same actual thing, just different distances.

“I’ve won X Olympic medals!”

Ok but were in one of those same-thing-multi-distance sports, or one of the sports where you only really get one shot?

Sorry, can’t agree with this.

So …. just ….. no team sports?

Weird that folks are dwelling on this ...

but a point could be made that certain constituency associations might have been able to afford to send their delegates, while others paid out of pocket?

I worked on a project a few years back where someone complained to us that we were using NL instead of NFLD.

I am pretty certain that I know what the parliamentary support for such a bill would be. I could be wrong

Is there politics here? - yes, but they play to both federalism & CPC

Are they overt or do they identify anyone as a problem or a solution? No

The statement is brief.

What was/is his purpose? : Canada's unity

Should this be a combined effort? : Yes

Is this Harper's track record? : absolutely

I agree these concepts are weird, but I think this statement strikes a lot of right notes for a former PM.

Super hard to "due process" & do process at same time.