Tony Clement helps save drowning woman

Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement risked his life on Saturday to help rescue a woman from the Muskoka River.
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"We rushed out & dove in. She was just too far away & I felt the undertow working on me. I had to get to the riverbank," he tweeted. "Fortunately Jennifer somehow figured out she could float on her back. Two others got her to shore … Post script: my wife Lynne and her father Doug got to Jennifer first. Another two locals jumped in too. It was a team effort."

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Commendable behavior. I can recall getting involved in a similar situation when I was about twenty. These things happen.

But he's still wrong about the census, and he should borrow a bit of his swimming courage to supplement his political courage vis Harper's clueless census strategy.

actually do anything.

Well, he tweeted about it.

So the intention was there. But tweeting about your own (attempted) heroism is dodgy.

it's considered very unCanadian.

I wonder what organization would collect statistics like that, and was the reporting of the incident voluntary?