Rick Mercer throws curves

 
Photo by Harold Rosenberg

The annual Abitibi-Consolidated Lecture has been given by such serious speakers as Simone Weil and David Suzuki, but Rick Mercer’s take on Canadian politics was uproarious. The comedian, who said the secret to his success was his “ability to completely
b-----t people,” showed some of his greatest hits: Jean Chrétien at Harvey’s; Canadian peacekeepers eating lobster in Serbia; Americans’ views on Canada’s National Igloo. He also showed the online petition to change Stockwell Day’s first name to Doris. “I’ll nice ya!” Mercer said, to gleeful applause. He spoke on Sept. 29 in H-110. You can catch his Monday Report on CBC, starting Oct. 18.