Things More Important than Shane Doan

It may please people to know that our highly paid elected officials have struck a parliamentry committee to investigate alleged racial slurs that the Captian of the Phoenix Coyotes is said to have uttered during a game. In any case the matter was resolved, I'm told, in the framework of the National Hockey League and Doan received disciplinary action for said offenses. More information can be found here.

I have included below a list of some pressing Canadian issues that deserve more of the Parliament's time than who is the captain of the Canadian hockey team. They include but are not limited to:

• The war in Afghanistan.


• The treatment of detainees from said war in Afghanistan.


• The on going problems with health care.


• The cost of pharamceuticals.


• The lack of action on our committment to the Kyoto protocol.


• The pollution caused by the harvesting of crude oil from the Alberta Oil Sands.


• The perceived problems with the equalization formula.


• Abuse of non-renewable resources.


• Homelessness.


• Unemployment.


• Poverty and the working poor.


• Student debt.


• The quality of education.


• A national science policy.


• The tax regime.


• How to most effectively screw over Conrad Black.

If the assault by Tod Bertruzzi does not warrant any kind of investigation out side of the NHL, I can't see how people can excuse this gross waste of taxpayers dollars on an issue already resolved by the NHL's disciplinary system.