Posts Tagged ‘Harper’
Sometimes, I wonder why I’m in Journalism – or, at the very least, if news will be around much longer.
Michael Jackson has been news for over a week, (seriously, people? He was in the spotlight his whole life, and that’s arguably part of what led to his craziness, give him some privacy in death!), and now this is major headline news? Talk about blowing things out of proportion! So, Harper didn’t eat the Host. I’m not Roman Catholic – and while I do understand that the communnion is very important to those who are – is this really major news?
Harper could have accidently dropped it, he could have been unsure what to do (I would have been), there’s a million things that could explain the “apparent” video clip showing… well, nothing.
Bottom line is – who cares what he did with it? He was at a funeral mass for crying out loud, and the focus should be on remembering and mourning former governor general Roméo LeBlanc, not on what Harper may or may not have done.
Does anyone know what’s going on with Canada’s isotope crisis or what North Korea has been up to recently?
Didn’t think so.
There’s been a fair amount of concern – and rightly so – over American protectionist legislation and its potential effect on Canada’s economy.
Essentially, the bill (which was tacked on to President Barack Obama’s $819 billion stimulus plan) aims to ban foreign iron and steel to be used in any infrastructure projects related to the plan.
Canada exports almost $7 billion worth of steel annually – a large chunk of which goes to the U.S.
Good job, Obama – you’ve been President for how long?
Prime Minister Stephan Harper is planning to lobby the U.S. over this legislation.
“Some of these measures go against not just the obligations of the United States, but frankly the spirit of our G20 discussions”, Harper said yesterday in Parliament.
He also added that he expects the U.S. to respect its international obligations.
Today, Ontario Premiere Dalton McGuinty expressed concern over the provisions, and added his support to the comments Harper has made on the issue.
“The American provisions will cause harm to the Ontario economy, further job reductions, and will cause more pain and anxiety for Ontario families,” McGuinty said.
Interestingly enough, back in August during campaigning for the American election, Wendy Sherman (who is a senior adviser to Obama) said she had “total confidence” that Obama would be working closely with Canada to ensure a strong trading relationship.
“Senator Obama values the trade relationship with Canada and Canada is a very, very crucial trading partner for us,” she said.
Let’s hope someone reminds President Obama of this during his visit to Ottawa on February 19th!
