Bad Reporting in the Globe and Mail

In this morning's Parliamentary Notebook, Jane Taber writes:

Here is the problem: on CTV’s Question Period yesterday, Chris Delaney, a senior member of the B.C. Conservative Party, said he wants the Bloc to “abstain” from the vote. “I can’t imagine what that’s going to do to national unity if we have a separatist party voting to implement a tax in British Columbia without British Columbians having a say on it.” Interesting point.

Well, no, it's not that interesting since it's wrong.  British Columbians will have a say in it because their 34 Federal MPs will vote on the same motion.  I can see why Delaney wants to create a national unity issue where none exists.  He is after all, speaking for a party that got 2.10% of the vote in the last election and for whom the HST issue is a godsend.  But, for a Globe and Mail reporter to simply parrot what he said without analyzing it (I'm not counting 'interesting' as analysis) is ridiculous.