On irony at Diefenbaker airport

John Diefenbaker, 13th Prime Minister of Canada, seems to have understood irony to make a point. Indeed, he employed it to advance his political agenda which included extending suffrage to Aboriginal Canadians. A case in point would be his appointment of the first Aboriginal senator at a time when the man couldn’t vote.

Here at the Saskatoon Diefenbaker International Airport, they are keeping his memory alive by selling models of the Avro Arrow (an aircraft he notoriously killed) at the gift shop! The cashier said it was among their best sellers!