Fall election would be 'irresponsible': Baird

Canada's opposition parties would be "irresponsible" to trigger an election just as Canada's economy shows signs of rebounding, Transport and Infrastructure Minister John Baird said Monday.

Speaking to reporters in Ottawa, Baird said the latest economic indicators suggest the Conservative government's stimulus package is working. But he added the economy is too fragile for a snap election.

"I can tell you the very last thing this country needs is an unnecessary election, less than a year before we had the last one," Baird said following the release of Statistic Canada's latest figures, which showed Canada's gross domestic product grew for the first time since July 2008.
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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/08/31/economy-election083109.html
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OK, will CTV endlessly replay the clip of Baird getting his tense wrong ("less than a year before we had the last one") and darkly speculate that he doesn't really know how to speak English, the way they did about Dionne?