It’s the bloody dark ages. Thought crime prosecution in Canada. Cherry touched the third rail – immigrants. But the loser nation pays murderous terrorists like Omar Khadr 10 million dollars.

BlogTo has this:

Veteran sportscaster and retired NHL coach Don Cherry has been fired as the longtime face of Hockey Night in Canada after making controversial remarks about immigrants and poppies (or an alleged lack thereof).

The Toronto Sun’s Joe Warmington confirmed the news on Twitter Monday afternoon, writing that Cherry had officially been fired from the Rogers-owned broadcast network Sportsnet.

“Story soon,” wrote Warmington shortly before 3 p.m. on Monday. “Including an interview with Don Cherry who is quite hurt they would do this on Remembrance Day of all days.”

Cherry, 85, sparked a momentous wave of backlash on Saturday evening during his weekly Coach’s Corner segment with comments that have been panned widely in the days since as disgusting, abhorrent, xenophobic, racist and downright un-Canadian.

“You people that come here, 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,” said Cherry during Saturday’s Hockey Night in Canada broadcast.

“These guys paid for your way of life that you enjoy in Canada.”

Sportsnet, the NHL and Coach’s Corner co-host Ron MacLean apologized for the “offensive” and “discriminatory” comments on Cherry’s behalf as Twitter exploded with criticism and hurt.

Cherry himself, however, told Warmington on Sunday that he had no plans of apologizing.

I suppose it’s a moot point now. After more than 30 years of hosting what’s been called “the most watched five minutes on Canadian TV,” Cherry is out — and it’s about time, say many hockey fans.

https://twitter.com/joe_warmington/status/1193974618404655104