Angry in the Great White North

The cheap political shot is aimed at Stephane Dion, of cource. Holmes had posted an effusive endorsement of Stephane Dion at the Dion website during the recently concluded Liberal Party leadership campaign. The news of Holmes' arrest prompted the Dion people to pull the endorsement off the site without explanation.

Hoping no one would remember that the make a connection? Funny thing is, a less panicked response would have generated less interest.

The story is developing further, with the discovery of a large cache of weapons in Canada:

The seizure of $4.3 million US worth of cocaine near the Canada-U.S. border last week has led to the discovery of a large cache of firearms and ammunition at a home in the tiny community of Midway in B.C.'s Southern Interior, the RCMP said.

The RCMP tracked down the cache. Literally:

The RCMP said the investigation began after an American border patrol agent started following tire tracks in the snow heading toward the Canadian border.

The agent then found footprints that led him to two men trying to hide under bushes, with two backpacks filled with the cocaine, the RCMP said.

[T]he U.S. border control passed its information on to the RCMP, and officers found tracks in the snow near where the men had been trying to cross the border.

The tracks led to the house in Midway, where the firearms were found, said Cpl. Norm Massie of the RCMP border integrity unit.

Midway is 3 minutes from the US border, and is halfway between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a population of 630 people. Though small, there is also a small airport on the outskirts of town. Small town with minimal police presence, isolated yet close to the US, an airport -- might be an ideal transit point for drug and gun smuggling.

Do you think these firearms were registered in the gun registry? I'm willing to bet they were. I mean, these criminals were hardcore supporters of the Liberal Party. I can only assume they were also staunch proponents of the gun registry.

OK, cheap shot finished.