I, for one, am very happy that this country is shut out of the security council. I wouldn't want the current government having a stronger platform to excercise its GWBush-wannabe policies. I can still remember the way Harper used to talk before his handlers succeeded in getting him to shut up in public about the way he really thinks.
-Pete On Fri, 15 Oct 2010, Arthur Cordell wrote: > 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. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
