Embassy Talking Points

Published May 18, 2005

Bono at the Senate?

Music fans aren't the only ones anticipating U2's November tour date in Ottawa. Frontman Bono, now almost as renowned a poverty activist as musician, should be expecting an invitation from the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee to testify at a session on Parliament Hill surrounding his performance at the Corel Centre. Liberal Senator Percy Downe, at a committee meeting last week, says he would...