CBC:

[Potvin] added that "whenever I passed a TV or newspaper with a report on the ensuing U.S. war to capture Osama bin Laden, I secretly said to myself, 'Go, Osama, Go!'"

but!

But on Friday, after parts of his column were reproduced in the media, Potvin offered two different apologies.

He told reporters in a brief statement: "I apologize for the way my essay five years ago has been characterized in the media.

"Some sentences, out of their context, may appear insensitive," he said.

"Sorry you're too stupid to understand how sophisticated I am"