Canada's position at the Recent Francophonie Summit
Last week, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper made international news by insisting that both Israeli and Lebanese civilian deaths be acknowledged in a resolution adopted by the leaders of Francophone nations (Organisation internationale de la Francophonie). The language in the original draft of that resolution, as submitted by Egypt, would have taken into account only Lebanese casualties. Canada threatened to vote against this resolution unless it was modified to include recognition of deaths on both sides.
Both the Bloc Quebecois and the Liberals went on record supporting Prime Minister Harper's position.
[courtesy CJPAC.ca]
I am proud to see that Liberals (and Bloc too) have rounded behind support of the Prime Minister when he manages to do something right. At least he has his head on straight with respect to the Middle East.
Both the Bloc Quebecois and the Liberals went on record supporting Prime Minister Harper's position.
[courtesy CJPAC.ca]
I am proud to see that Liberals (and Bloc too) have rounded behind support of the Prime Minister when he manages to do something right. At least he has his head on straight with respect to the Middle East.
posted by Jordan | 2:35 PM
1 Comments:
I fully agree here. The original resolution was totally one-sided and Canada has a long history of being fair minded and reasonable in the Middle East. We should continue to disagree with Harper regularly, but if we occassionally agree, at least we have more credibility when we disagree than if we just blindly oppose for the sake of it.
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