Could We Really Expect Anything Else?

I like this headline from the National Post:

'If this was Ontario, the PM would have been here'

Some clips from the story:

''...The real question is: where are the feds?'' said Tory MP Lee Richardson, whose Calgary riding includes the overflowing Bow and Elbow rivers and is among the worst-hit areas.

''If this was happening in central Canada, the Prime Minister would have been there 20 minutes later.''

Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan said it's up to Alberta -- not Ottawa -- to decide whether federal flood assistance dollars will start flowing toward the waterlogged province.

So far, she said, the federal government has heard no calls for help..."

"...Ms. McLellan, an Edmonton MP who is the lone Alberta Liberal, is also the federal Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.

''She offered federal assistance, in whatever form the provinces or cities thought necessary,'' said Alex Swann, a spokesman for Ms. McLellan's office. Federal officials are now discussing a tour of the flood-affected areas..."

Shame on you Anne! You could have at least come to check out the damage. But then, why on earth would we expect you, as the province's only representive in the current Liberal government and also as the "Federal Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness", to trouble yourself to come all the way out here to look firsthand at the flood damage?

A snub by the PM I can understand but why haven't you come Anne?