Okay, I've been dancing around all day with this softwood lumber deal. Watching on CPAC, I noticed that when Harper said that BC, Ont, and Que, were all agreed, even the Conservative MP's were shocked!
So, how'd he do that? Well, he's one smart cookie! Deal or no Deal! Guess the provinces wanted to deal. No deal, you go it alone, keep up the legal battle, while the rest of the provinces benefit from a deal.
The opposition looked like "deer caught in the headlights". Three months and a done deal. Thirteen years of nothing.
This will put the Conservatives solidly into majority country. I can't wait for the budget, should be interesting.
I was at an election party on January 23rd. My MP won big, but no-one was really happy about the results, after a perfect campaign, how could we have only won a slim minority? It was good news, bad news.
This softwood lumber deal, it's like winning majority!
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Harper, the softwood "deal", and implications for Canada.
"Sellout" Stephen has "resolved" the softwood dispute, so the news says. He has done this by going on bended knee to a President who has gained a reputation – not shared by any other President to date – for spurning legalities, ignoring the rule of law, and unilaterally breaking legally binding treaties entered into between nations.
In so doing, Sellout Stephen has agreed to allow the USA to breach its obligations owed to Canada under a legally binding treaty (NAFTA), despite clear court and tribunal decisions supporting Canada's position.
What are the implications of this incredibly shortsighted and stupid decision by this so-called "policy wonk" Prime Minister? Here are a few:
• Harper has telegraphed to the USA and to others that Canada will not insist on legally binding international treaties being upheld.
• Harper and his New Tories have shown that Canada is run by a weak government, which can be easily browbeaten, and which will settle for less than the country is entitled to.
• Harper has shown contempt for the rule of law equal to the contempt shown by Bush during his failed presidency. This is a new and dangerous path for a Prime Minister of Canada to tread, and reveals a startling moral lack on the part of the New Tories.
• Harper will sell out any principles for short term political gain, especially if by doing so he can curry favour with the USA.
The question can now be asked: Who speaks for Canada?
Apparently not this Prime Minister.
It is time for him to go.
It must be painful to be a Liberal right now!
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