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James Moore

πŸ‘€ Speaker
1217 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore-Butts: Is This An Audition For The Hockey Night Panel?

Oh, yeah.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore-Butts: Is This An Audition For The Hockey Night Panel?

In 2010.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore-Butts: Is This An Audition For The Hockey Night Panel?

Yeah, Jerry, you know this because you're a Habs fan back in back in 2010.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore-Butts: Is This An Audition For The Hockey Night Panel?

coming out of the 2010 Olympics and the success of Team Canada in those Olympics, there were two Canadian teams that were coming in the second round of the playoffs, the Montreal Canadiens and the Vancouver Canucks.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore-Butts: Is This An Audition For The Hockey Night Panel?

And I'm joking, and you can't joke on Twitter, but I hadn't learned that yet.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore-Butts: Is This An Audition For The Hockey Night Panel?

So I joked on Twitter and I said, the Canucks are Canada's team in these Stanley Cup playoffs.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore-Butts: Is This An Audition For The Hockey Night Panel?

They're Canada's team.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore-Butts: Is This An Audition For The Hockey Night Panel?

And they've got those handsome blue and green uniforms in those Canadian Alliance colors.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore-Butts: Is This An Audition For The Hockey Night Panel?

Oh.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore-Butts: Is This An Audition For The Hockey Night Panel?

And I was just trying to poke a little fun, whatever.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore-Butts: Is This An Audition For The Hockey Night Panel?

So I said that, and I think in a – I can't remember where I said it, but I said it.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore-Butts: Is This An Audition For The Hockey Night Panel?

And then the prime minister's – I was the Canadian heritage minister, by the way, when I said that.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore-Butts: Is This An Audition For The Hockey Night Panel?

The Canucks were Canada's team in the playoffs, and the Cavs were still in the playoffs with us.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore-Butts: Is This An Audition For The Hockey Night Panel?

So I'm walking home, and I get a phone call from my director of communications, and they said, the prime minister's office wants to know exactly what did you say about the Montreal Canadiens.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore-Butts: Is This An Audition For The Hockey Night Panel?

And I said, what?

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore-Butts: Is This An Audition For The Hockey Night Panel?

I said, I was just joking about the playoffs.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore-Butts: Is This An Audition For The Hockey Night Panel?

They said, no, this is a problem.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore-Butts: Is This An Audition For The Hockey Night Panel?

And I said, what's a problem?

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore-Butts: Is This An Audition For The Hockey Night Panel?

And they said that you asserted what you asserted.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore-Butts: Is This An Audition For The Hockey Night Panel?

I said, there's two Canadian teams in the playoffs.