The lieutenant-governor of Canada’s Newfoundland province, former cabinet minister John Crosbie, came under fire on Thursday for wisecracking about Pakistan suicide bombers and other matters. Crosbie at the swearing-in of a new provincial cabinet last Friday had recounted an American friend’s tale about the current US economic woes that earned him rebukes from a student association and the premier of Newfoundland.
“This fellow said, ‘I was so depressed last night thinking about the economy, wars, jobs, my savings, social security, retirement funds, etcetera, I called a suicide hotline and got a call centre in Pakistan. When I told them I was suicidal, they got all excited and asked if I could drive a truck’,” Crosbie quipped.
