CBC analyst Don Cherry has always been a polarizing figure known for his extremist positions and for virtually hating anyone that isn’t Canadian. He’s known for attacking players, executives and pretty much anything he feels like during his Coaches Corner segment on CBC. Since joining Twitter he’s voiced even more of these opinions, with his most recent rant landing on Canada giving money to Haiti.
You know , I am one of those guys, like most people in Canada, we like to help the countries all over the world. But sometimes it makes you
— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) January 7, 2013
wonder. Maybe it’s just me. But Canada gave Haiti 49.5 million dollars last year . Are we nuts? We’ve got a guy dying in Toronto waiting
— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) January 7, 2013
3 hours for an ambulance. We got people waiting 7, 8 10 hours, if they’re lucky in a waiting room with one doctor for a zillion people.
— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) January 7, 2013
We nickel and dime our doctors, nurses and veterans plus a million other services. Yet we can send almost 50 million to Haiti.
— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) January 7, 2013
I’ll tell ya something. The working guy is getting kind of sick of people spending money like that. It’s a good job we got a good guy like
— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) January 7, 2013
Julian Fantino, with a little common sense, in charge. 50 million, I wonder how much have we given them over the years? Lets smarten up.
— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) January 7, 2013
As the old saying goes, charity begins at home. Am I right or is it just me?
— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) January 7, 2013
These comments are in response to Canada’s Minister of International Cooperation Julian Fantino saying that Canada would stop giving money to Haiti, except for on their current projects. Whether you agree with that or not is completely up for you to decide, and Cherry obviously felt it was important enough to chime in.
It’s a sensitive debate and given what has gone on in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake shouldn’t be taken lightly. So leave it to Cherry to bust in and give out his blunt, unsolicited opinion. Thankfully the lockout is over and hockey will begin again on January 19th, so Cherry can focus on discussing hockey and leave the politics to other people.
