Fox news... sigh
OTTAWA - The Canadian government has demanded an apology from Fox News for "dispicable" comments made on one of its late-night programs.
The government was incensed by a recent talk-show segment on the American conservative cable network that poked fun at Canada and the Canadian military. A group of pundits took turns ridiculing Canada and its reliability as an ally in fighting terrorism last week as four more Canadian soldiers were killed in separate attacks in Afghanistan.
"These are despicable, hurtful and ignorant comments," Dan Dugas, a spokesman for Defence Minister Peter MacKay, said Monday.
"No one is laughing and they owe Canada - and, more importantly, the families of each one of our fallen heroes - an apology for their ill-informed mistakes."
Canadian soldiers have been fighting in Afghanistan since 2001 and have spent the last four years in the country's most violent region.
Canada has lost 116 soldiers in Afghanistan.
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