Much Ado About Nothing

But it does give Layton and Bouchard much needed media attention......their court jester positions have been diminished by Elizabeth May.

Hockey officials have been summoned to a parliamentary committee to explain their choice of Shane Doan as Team Canada captain. What do you think?

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Hockey officials to explain Doan's captaincy

Updated Tue. May. 1 2007 8:55 PM ET

CTV.ca News Staff

Hockey Canada officials will be summoned by a parliamentary committee in Ottawa to explain why they chose Shane Doan as Team Canada captain at a world hockey tournament in Russia.

At issue is a derogatory remark Doan allegedly made toward a French-Canadian linesman during a game in December 2005.

Doan, a captain and forward with the NHL's Phoenix Coyotes, has denied making any slurs. The allegations have never been proven and Doan was cleared by the NHL after a league investigation into the incident.

But on Tuesday the Conservatives, Liberals, and NDP supported a Bloc Quebecois motion demanding that officials from Hockey Canada and Sport Canada -- two federally-funded but arm's length bodies -- appear before the House of Commons' Official Languages Committee on Thursday.

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