"don't touch me [kid!]"

From Anne Trueman's 'Minority Report' column, Ottawa Citizen Saturday April 30, 2005.

ROAD SIGNS

The picture of a smiling Stephen Harper finger painting with children at a Sarnia health centre went a long way to painting the Tory leader as a looser, more comfortable shmoozer. But just before the cameras rolled he wasn't quite in the mood yet. Reporters nearby watched him doff his jacket, loosen his tie and whisper to one of the finger painters: "Don't touch me."