Well done, Champ

  Canada gets its way: Commonwealth

 climate deal drops binding targets

“Canada played a pivotal – if controversial – role as Commonwealth countries reached a deal on climate change Saturday.

It helped block a draft agreement that almost every country in the 53-member group had agreed to, one which called on developed countries to meet greenhouse-gas targets.

The move so frustrated some foreign diplomats that they sought out Canadian journalists to express their disgust at what was happening behind closed doors.”

For the rest of the article visit: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/commonwealth_climate_cda

Can you believe Stephen Harper? Who the hell is this guy? And what are his advisors doing? Doesn’t he “get” that one of the most important things to Canadians is standing up to the Yanks to the south of us and proclaiming that we are NOT the 51st state!? Yeah, yeah, we know all the stories about being dependent on the US economy, military defense, blah, blah, blah…

 I may be wrong on my dates, but Jean Chretien was a dinosaur when he was elected for his third term as PM (did it not seem like he was in office for a million years) until he did something amazing that set the fire under our freezing, Canadian asses. When W, leader of the Yanks, gathered his troops and headed off to Iraq to avenge 9-11 (I’m sure there are a few blogs there, but I’ll leave that to Jabiz) Our beloved, Mr. “pepper spray? the only thing I know about pepper is that I like it on my steak” Chretien, did the Shawinigan shake and declared that Canadian troops would not be following suit.

Eh? Wah? Excusez-moi? were heard all over Canada. We all put down our Tim Horton’s iced cappuccinos and felt that rare “maybe the rest of the world will finally realize we’re not american” glow. And clearly, the Liberals were in office for-freaking-ever due to decisions like this one. Allowing gay marriage, and the ongoing discussions about decriminalizing/legalizing pot were other big factors in the Libs popularity (too bad some of them were too little, too late)… so what in the world is old Stevo thinking? “Umm, that I’d really like to not be PM after the next federal election?”

 Well done Stephen, I’d say you’re headed there Champ.

As Rick Mercer (one of my fav Canadian dudes – and good Newfie boy) said:

If I were the Tories I’d be a little bit worried. The economy is red hot, the dollar’s through the roof, the GST is coming down, everyone’s working and the Tories are still only 4 points ahead of Stephane Dion. And everyone thinks he’s an idiot.