This time the technical problems are not our fault. That was the message from Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff's office this morning after his newser was delayed due to audio problems at the National Press Theatre.

In fact, the Liberal leader went out of his way to say "I'd like to thank the Press Gallery for this brief interruption."

Susan Bonner

The Liberals are a little sensitive about technical difficulties after the infamous video episode in December when then leader Stephane Dion was trying to reply to Prime Minister Stephen Harper's speech to the nation about proroguing Parliament.

Dion's video response was a technical embarrassment and delivered so late to broadcasters that some had already moved on to regularly sheduled programming.

The fiasco was widely said to have contributed to his early exit from the top job and explains why Ignatieff aides told reporters that their leader had arrived at his newser 20 minutes early but had to wait for the audio problems to be corrected.