So This is Good Government?

Written by rintrah and Posted in Canada

Apparently the role of government is to prevent elections. Maybe I am reading the situation wrong, but Harper is saying that the attack ads the Tories are running did Canadians a favour. I still don’t understand how it is a problem for someone to spend 30 years outside of Canada and then return. Especially since those 30 would have meant he had built up a large circle of friends and set down some roots. Obviously he has some kind of connection which Canada and so he wants to help make/keep it a great nation.

Harper also says that Ignatief will have to account for his time and words spoken about Canada. Why doesn’t harper have to do the same? What about the speeches he has given while the Reform was still kicking around? Harper’s modus operandi seems to be that he just wants people to look at Canada they way they look at the US.

We’ve just become increasingly irrelevant to a country [ the U.S.] that has a lot of priorities. (CBC Newsworld, July 11, 2003)

Criticizing someone for living outside of Canada for an extended period does not seem like a good way to increase relevance among other nations.