If he isn't going? Then I'M not going either!
Just like a high school party.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s aides say he will attend a key climate change summit in Copenhagen next month, but only if it appears that other world leaders plan to show up.
Environment Minister Jim Prentice is scheduled to lead Canada’s delegation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in Copenhagen in mid-December.
"Tell them, that if Barack isn't going, then I don't want to be the world leader sitting alone in the corner...They will all laugh at me!"
(Completely shallow and unconnected comment on Laureen Harper's dress in the picture at that link. BWHAHAHAHHAA.......OMG. Arggggggggggggh me PIRATE sash!)
I digress.
Last week, Tim Flannery delivered a damning verdict on Canada's environmental record, which also draws attention to the fact that Harper and co are dishounourable scabs when it comes to doing anything that may affect their precious oil patch.
Flannery told The Canadian Press that Canada faces an international credibility crisis because it is "by far the biggest defaulter" on previous Kyoto Protocol obligations.
He said even though Canada signed on 11 years ago, it has failed to meet its obligations.
"The people of Canada, through their government, made the commitment, and it needs to be honoured somehow or other, or it needs to be dealt with," the Australian climate-change expert said.
Floor crossing, softwood lumber sellout David Emerson gets his two cents in, some prattle about Canada moving into developing countries and learning the culture so we can screw them over too environmentally.
Canada needs to get more pro-active on boosting trade with emerging economies, including having a physical presence in those countries, which means direct investment, Emerson said.
"It means moving people into those markets… it means cultural knowledge and adaptation and fluency with language," he said in an interview on CBC's The National on Saturday.
Copenhagen is just being billed as more of a meet'n'greet at this point anyway. Another photo op where nothing actually gets done.
Call me cynical? Nah. I am a realist. I would love to see the bills for these little junkets to nowhere.
Speaking of the photo . . . .
in the link:
They both have expressions of pure annoyance at being there, don't they?
Go on back to Ottawa, stevie, you're obviously not having a good time in the smock nor is laureen in the frock . . . .
Totally irked eh?
There was another one where Harper looked positively bored. But they changed it. LOL.
It's a fact: 100% of all the people who ate carrots in 1850, are dead.
That hypocrit
I am amazed that Harper can be said to favour India to people here he's trying to court. The small immigrant groups.
While they live safely in Canada with our standards they do NOT get the Asbestos culture we provide for the homeland.
Doesn't that piss off immigrants as much as it does me? 700 jobs at risk. Change over is slow. Relacing Asbestos can be done again for THEM. We already did it for ourselves. Someone can set up a facotry and jobs and fix our hypocritic image.
That isn't Harper's fault just like nothing else is either. Whenever I heard we do better than others I think cowpie. Our shit is at the top of a WHOLE pile. How is that a satisfactory answer to a question. Top of the pile is where the flies are!
Hey Wait a minute
Isn't he also promoting our nuclear genius while our reactor is broke???
Man if that happened "over there" like Bopal did that can't be good. Imagine the insurance! Fix OURS FIRST then Harper can brag for years on RESULTS rather than theory HE is the brightest guy in the room.
Fixed the typo in the title.
Heh. No wearing glasses when I typed that. I like my fuzzy world to be quite honest.
It's a fact: 100% of all the people who ate carrots in 1850, are dead.