CP:
Some Tories found it pretty cheesy when Liberal Leader Stephane Dion named his dog Kyoto.Now we learn that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has adopted a kitten - an orange tabby called Cheddar. Harper's last cat was killed by a car outside Stornoway three years ago, when the Harper clan was still ensconced in the opposition leader's residence.
Since moving into the prime minister's official digs at 24 Sussex, Harper's wife, Laureen, has been fostering stray cats until permanent homes can be found for them.
Dion, a former environment minister, got himself a Siberian Husky shortly after the Liberals were defeated in last winter's election. He named the dog after the international climate change accord and jokes that the pet's family name is "protocol."
This can mean only one thing. Stephen Harper has some nefarious, secret plan to destroy the Quebec and Ontario dairy marketing boards.