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His soft, thoughtful delivery forces the listener to take note and when he speaks he is usually very direct, rarely mincing his words.

But Kirby's response to the horror at the refugee camp is "mincing words" and "splitting hairs," argued Parkinson.

It was the latest in a string of public statements that have led to accusations that Canada is mincing its words on a conflict that has sharply divided Canadians and much of the world.

“This is not a time for mincing words. This is a time to state facts as they are.”

After the two leaders met there was no mincing of words.