Stephen Maher @stphnmaher 9m
Conservative message to ethnic voters is starting to look a little creepy http://o.canada.com/news/conservative-message-to-ethnic-voters-is-starting-to-look-a-little-creepy/ …
"Harper won points for statesmanship when he invited opposition MPs and former prime ministers with him to Nelson Mandela’s funeral. He deserves to lose those points for this petty nonsense.
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On Thursday, the Aga Khan, hereditary leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims, addressed Parliament at the invitation of the government, telling MPs about the value of pluralism.
Opposition MPs complained, though, that they couldn’t get tickets for the big government-organized Aga Khan event at Toronto’s Massey Hall on Friday.
This week we also learned that Conservative MP Mark Adler, showing no class or sense, intervened to prevent Liberal MP Irwin Cotler from attending a Canadian reception during Harper’s trip to Israel.
It’s clear the government is trying to use foreign policy to connect with key voting groups in advance of the election, and it doesn’t want to share the spotlight with opposition MPs when it does so.
There’s something cheap about this, and you have to wonder if the Tories don’t risk outsmarting themselves."
Conservative message to ethnic voters is starting to look a little creepy http://o.canada.com/news/conservative-message-to-ethnic-voters-is-starting-to-look-a-little-creepy/ …
"Harper won points for statesmanship when he invited opposition MPs and former prime ministers with him to Nelson Mandela’s funeral. He deserves to lose those points for this petty nonsense.
...
On Thursday, the Aga Khan, hereditary leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims, addressed Parliament at the invitation of the government, telling MPs about the value of pluralism.
Opposition MPs complained, though, that they couldn’t get tickets for the big government-organized Aga Khan event at Toronto’s Massey Hall on Friday.
This week we also learned that Conservative MP Mark Adler, showing no class or sense, intervened to prevent Liberal MP Irwin Cotler from attending a Canadian reception during Harper’s trip to Israel.
It’s clear the government is trying to use foreign policy to connect with key voting groups in advance of the election, and it doesn’t want to share the spotlight with opposition MPs when it does so.
There’s something cheap about this, and you have to wonder if the Tories don’t risk outsmarting themselves."
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