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Here’s the Comment that Got Don Cherry Fired from Hockey Night in Canada

‘You people ... you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey, at least you can pay a couple bucks for a poppy or something like that’

EXCERPT:

CHERRY: "You know, I was talking to a veteran, I said I'm not going to run the poppy thing anymore because what's the sense? I live in Mississauga, nobody wears — very few people wear poppy. Downtown Toronto — forget it, downtown Toronto, nobody wears poppy and I'm not gonna — he says, 'Wait a minute. How about running it for the people that buy them?' Now you go to the small cities and you know, you people love — they come here, whatever it is — you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey. At least you can pay a couple of bucks for poppies or something like that. These guys pay for your way of life that you enjoy in Canada. These guys pay the biggest price. Anyhow, I'm going to run it again. For you good people, the good Canadians that buy a poppy, I'm still going to run it.”

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