THE CANADIAN FINANCE MINISTER Jim Flaherty was temporarily buried under a pile of snow blocks Saturday when his parka hood got snagged on the entrance arch as he was crawing out of an igloo.
Finance Minister Flaherty moments before the walls came a’tumbing down.
AFP photo
Canada was hosting an international meeting of finance officials from the seven richest nations in Iqaluit, a snowy community less than 200 miles south of the Arctic Circle. They are meeting to discuss ideas on how to keep a tenative global economic recovery on course. During the afternoon, Flaherty took a stroll outside to visit a “demostration” igloo that had been built for the benefit of the conference. As he was attempting to exit the snow structure, his coat caught on one of the 20-lb. blocks and caused a partial collapse that knocked him on his back.
He was uninjured, however, and no ambu-sled was needed.
Later that evening Minister Flaherty invited all of the guests to join him at a “community gathering” for a feast of local delicacies. But many of the attendees, after posing for the usual photo op, left early and only one man showed up to sample the seal meat, arctic char and caribou.
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