I note that Pierre Pettigrew is going around stating that Stephen Harper would have taken this country to war. I find that offensive in that I believe that Harper has never said that. What he has said is that we should have supported the US and I agree with that position. Everyone knows that Canada doesn't have the military means to fight it's way out of a wet paper bag.
I expect that someone should point that fact out to Pettigrew in a manner most embarrassing to him.
[. . . . ] In thinking about Quebec I would not be the least bit surprised to see Conservative candidates become very popular in that province should current Liberal troubles continue. Quebeckers like to pad their bets and for certain they will want to be on the winning team. Someone might also point that out to Mr Pettigrew. Hopefully, it will ruin his day.
And another idea -- as well as a link to one of the articles on this site.
The new conservative party has come into being and now has the leader that I supported. What more could a fella ask for?
Anyway, what struck a chord in yesterday's submission [Joe Hugelin's Daily Digest] was a letter authored by George Gibson (York Simcoe). I liked it and took note of something he said.
Yes, we should have built the Arrow. Yes we did make the best telephones in the world. We have had our chances for sure and we have not taken advantage of them. One of the largest advantages we do have is our natural resources- fuel, minerals and, probably the most important down the road, water. The world (especially with China expanding so quickly) will need more and more of these commodities. We must make sure that we do not give them away and find ways of satisfying the world?s demand for them that will not only provide the all important revenues but also employment for our people.
My question is simply this. What makes George think that superpowers like the US and China will even bother to ask if they need our resources? They will either come in and buy out Canadian companies ( which may already be happening) or take the resources by force. It is really that simple.
Which brings me to the Canadian Forces and their deplorable state. In the event that force becomes an option (particularly in the US case) how do we stop them? Water is the resource I am most concerned about as it is the commodity which we own in abundance and which is becoming increasingly scarce south of the border. At the present time there is nothing at all that can prevent a takeover. That may sound alarmist at present but twenty years down the road -- who knows? If push comes to shove, we all know what is going to happen and things change as time moves on. We know that too!
Finally, one media outlet is doing its job [Note below the CTV W-FIVE program to be on Mar. 27, 04]. Why have the media, for the most part, not done their jobs investigating that last link? Could it be that the Liberal Propaganda Organ/CBC Pravda and many media outlets dependent on government goodwill and hence, taxpayer $$$ largesse have been so closely tied to Liberal support that they have been underperforming in the news gathering area? Surely, investigative journalism is the one important reason for having a national broadcaster, one which Canadians have been forced with their tax dollars to support -- whether it has been doing its job or not and whether we want it or not. NJC
