Helena Guergis, I’m really pissed at you
23 03 2008
From the Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin:
In the House of Commons, Guergis said her government has been in contact with Brenda Martin, who has been in a Mexican jail for two years waiting trial, but Martin is on record saying she had not been contacted by Guergis or her government.
Guergis did find her way down to Mexico, but did not visit Martin. This is the same Guergis who mockingly applauded (Liberal Leader Stephane) Dion for “finally finding Afghanistan on the map after a year.”

Martin told The Canadian Press last week she was livid upon learning where Guergis was.“She went to a cocktail party with some Canadians, sat and had hors d’oeuvres and drank Perrier water while I am in here languishing,” she said.
Guergis’s office didn’t respond to an interview request.
So what exactly was it that Helena was attending? This man explains the event he was at with Guergis that night in Mexico…
About 20 Canadians were already there, said Dan McTavish, a retired Canadian living in Mexico.
“It was just a social gathering so that she could meet some of the retired Canadians living along the north shore of Lake Chapala,” McTavish said.
Contact Helena yourself at each and every one of these numbers, emails and faxes to let her know how inept of a minister she has become. Happy Easter. Unfortunately, it’s not so happy for one Canadian.




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