Did Harper take a cheap shot, or did Ignatieff?

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February 16-17, 2010 - Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff slams Prime Minister Harper for making a cheap shot against the Liberal Party in an address to Canadian Forces in Haiti.

Harper said the recent investment in the C-17 heavy-lift aircraft is an example of his government's focus on increasing Canada 'hard power' capabilities, as opposed to the 'soft power' policies of past governments.

"I single out the C-17 for a reason. There was a time when that kind of heavy lift aircraft didnt fit Canadas soft power policies. But our government bought them for the hard power requirements of todays world. Now were using them for relief work. What is the moral of the story? To do soft power, you need hard power; you need a full range of capabilities." - Stephen Harper

"Every time Mr. Harper gets within a mile of Canadian military equipment, he takes a swipe at the Liberal Party Its inappropriate to use Haiti, to use a Canadian military base to make an attack on a political party Every time he takes a cheap shot like that, it just sours the atmosphere." - Micheal Ignatieff

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[SliceSupeRStaR]

Definitely Ignatief... What the hell was that about? That would have been considered a low blow but his cheap shot lacks the intensity and relevance that regular cheap shots deliver. It was a cheap shot but it failed on all fronts.

[chriscooper517]

Ignatief for sure. How was PM Harper taking a cheap shot? Ignatief is such an idiot for an "educated" man!

[Technoscribe]

Taking advantage of that disaster to score points over his military spending choices was classless on Harper's part. Ignatieff possibly might have been advised by a spin doctor or image manager to keep quiet about that, but he strikes me as more honest than that and he wouldn't be in politics if he was the type of person to keep quiet while the incumbant opposition leader behaves so shamefully so often.

[EnchancedHuman]

@chriscooper517 Love seeing my fellow Canadian brainwashed..

[MacGyverinSpace]

Harper's soft-power tangent is..a non sequitor...

WE bought C-17's to carry shit to Afghanistan.

Wait....I caught it, Harper was doing a little cheap-shot there. Soft power is apparently a Liberal power policy.

In that context, Ignatief's response seems reasonable.

[imjason1234]

hhmm... I think Ignatief did.