First he goes after Indians by praising the homestead act and now hes after Canadians. Its that University of Chicago Neo-Classic stuff. Too much Leo Strauss and Milton Friedman for me. Maybe we have a true Neo-Liberal. But the alternative is idiocy.
REH From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arthur Cordell Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 8:41 AM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION' Subject: Re: [Futurework] FW: [Caidc-rccdi] The Economist on Canada's Bidfor the Security Council The plot thickens. ================ Snubbed by Obama? The Obama administration is facing accusations that it snubbed Canada at the U.N. in our bid for a Security Council seat. Richard Grenell, a former Bush administration member who also served as the spokesman for 4 U.S. Ambassadors to the U.N., accuses Obama's U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice of not only failing to campaign for Canada's election, but of instructing U.S. diplomats not to get involved in supporting Canada prior to Tuesday's voting. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Gurstein Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 6:16 AM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION' Subject: Re: [Futurework] FW: [Caidc-rccdi] The Economist on Canada's Bidfor the Security Council It's hard to imagine that he did play a role and Iggy only expressed what everybody who had any knowledge or thoughts on the subject knew all along... It was silly to have opened himself up to the possibility of Harper's (sillier) comments. M -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arthur Cordell Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 9:28 AM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION,EDUCATION' Subject: Re: [Futurework] FW: [Caidc-rccdi] The Economist on Canada's Bidfor the Security Council Ignatieff may or may not have played a role. In any case it was a silly move. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Gurstein Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 9:19 PM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION' Subject: [Futurework] FW: [Caidc-rccdi] The Economist on Canada's Bid for the Security Council -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pamela Branch Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 4:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Caidc-rccdi] The Economist on Canada's Bid for the Security Council Thanks to member Hubert LeBlanc who thought CAIDC Members would be interested in the following. > Canada's foreign policy Snubbed > > Better at doughnuts than diplomacy > > > Oct 14th 2010 | Ottawa > > > IN 2003 Bono, a rock star and poverty campaigner, proclaimed that The > world needs more Canada. This week, the world decided it didnt. On > October 12th Canada lost its bid for a rotating seat on the United Nations > Security Council, for the first time since the organisation was founded in > 1945. That Germany was preferred was acceptable; not so, being passed over > in favour of Portugal. > > > Stephen Harpers Conservative government blamed the opposition leader, > Michael Ignatieff, for the snub, because he had suggested that Canada did > not deserve the seat. But many countries apparently share Mr Ignatieffs > dislike of Mr Harpers foreign policy. This has featured outspoken support > of Israels hardline government, alienating the Muslim countries that make > up a third of the UNs membership. Mr Harper has also made few friends in > Africa (where he has closed embassies), or in Europe and among island > states (with his feeble policy on climate change). > > > He came to power in 2006 sceptical of Canadas traditional multilateralism > (a weak-nation strategy, he said) and of the UN itself. Last year he > raised eyebrows by choosing to inaugurate a doughnut-innovation centre > rather than attend the UN General Assembly. His countrys commitment to UN > peacekeeping missions, for which a former Liberal prime minister once won a > Nobel prize, declined sharply under the previous government and has not > increased under Mr Harper. > > > So why bother to seek a Security Council seat? The Conservatives seem now > to realise that strong links to the United States are no longer enough in a > changing world. Canada is still a big UN paymaster. As host of the G8 > summit this year, it pushed for more aid for maternal and child health in > poor countries. But its overtures to China and India came too late to sway > the vote. > > > The snub has handed Mr Harpers opponents a club with which to beat him. > Jean Chrétien, a former Liberal prime minister, noted acidly that In > Canada, we have to realise that what you do has consequences. Pollsters > say the public attach little importance to a UN seat. But this was supposed > to be a year in which Canada would figure large on the world stage. It > started with the winter Olympics in Vancouver and the economys swift > recovery from recession, and continued with hosting the G8 and G20 summits. > It seems to have ended early. > >
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