CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The Conservative Party of Canada is courting Don Cherry for the upcoming federal election.
Don Cherry, is being courted by the Conservative Party of Canada.
According to a report in the Globe and Mail, Tory MP and deputy leader Peter MacKay tried to set up a meeting last week with Cherry to see if he was interested in running for the party in the 2004 federal election.
"Too late," Cherry told The Fan 590, a Toronto all-sports radio station, on Thursday.
"I've got to see what Nancy's going to say first, by the way," he added, referring to Nancy Lee, his boss at CBC Sports.
"Just kidding," he continued.
MacKay told the newspaper that he passed a message to a mutual acquaintance of the Hockey Night in Canada analyst to see if they could get together over the weekend, but the meeting never happened.
Although he thinks the chance of getting Cherry to run for the party is highly unlikely, MacKay said he thinks the CBC broadcaster would make a good politician.
"I think he has a very strong personality and puts across his views in a forceful way that people appreciate," MacKay told the Globe and Mail.
I think MacKay is either joking or clueless when he said " he thinks the CBC broadcaster would make a good politician". He is trying to bank on his on-air personality to get votes. Don stick to hockey, politics is not your game.
Don Cherry, is being courted by the Conservative Party of Canada.
According to a report in the Globe and Mail, Tory MP and deputy leader Peter MacKay tried to set up a meeting last week with Cherry to see if he was interested in running for the party in the 2004 federal election.
"Too late," Cherry told The Fan 590, a Toronto all-sports radio station, on Thursday.
"I've got to see what Nancy's going to say first, by the way," he added, referring to Nancy Lee, his boss at CBC Sports.
"Just kidding," he continued.
MacKay told the newspaper that he passed a message to a mutual acquaintance of the Hockey Night in Canada analyst to see if they could get together over the weekend, but the meeting never happened.
Although he thinks the chance of getting Cherry to run for the party is highly unlikely, MacKay said he thinks the CBC broadcaster would make a good politician.
"I think he has a very strong personality and puts across his views in a forceful way that people appreciate," MacKay told the Globe and Mail.
I think MacKay is either joking or clueless when he said " he thinks the CBC broadcaster would make a good politician". He is trying to bank on his on-air personality to get votes. Don stick to hockey, politics is not your game.