It’s Hedy, not Hedley!

MEDIA RELEASE - Fry calls for urgent action on Snow Sport Helmet Safety!!

Boy, if only Hedy Fry were as funny as Harvey Korman was in Blazing Saddles, then we wouldn’t be able to poke fun at loony Liberals. And that would diminish all of us just a little as Canadians.

In her press release of 19 March, “The Honourable Dr. Hedy Fry, Member of Parliament for Vancouver-Centre and a physician” (wow, she’s not only a physician, but she plays one in Parliament!), basically calls upon the federal government to mandate obligatory helmet wearing for skiers. She effectively blames Stephen Harper for any more injuries or deaths on the slopes if her private member’s bill (introduced in March 2007) is not fast-tracked. “The recent serious brain injuries on Canada's ski slopes are tragic reminders that these brain injuries are preventable. A simple stroke of the pen by the Harper Cabinet is all that it takes. The inexplicable failure to do so is nothing short of irresponsible,” said Dr. Fry.

Because, like, I guess it’s really urgent to get it through now, especially before summer melts all the snow.

What a Canadian Heroine (or is the feminization of the word “hero” offensive?). Freedom of speech, the economy, or whatever we silly conservatives think is important is not as important as this! And this coming from the physician/MP who so judiciously said in Parliament that crosses were burning on the lawns of Prince George BC “as we speak”.

Skiing is a sport for those who have a bit of money, so they are presumably well-edumacated enough to know that a helmet might – might – prevent some injuries. But if they make a choice (and I think Hedy has always proclaimed her pro-choicery) not to protect their crania and they put their lives at risk so be it. Cull that thar herd!

And speaking of important causes for the politicians to get their knickers in a knot over, yesterday’s editorial in the National Post (“Three cheers for fast-acting pols”) shows us that where there’s a will in the Beaches neighbourhood of Toronto, there’s a way to git ‘er done for the people!