Harper: Consistantly inconsistant

Harper Sends Mixed Messages about Scotland, Foreign Aid, Sociology

Speaks on Scottish Independence, "Sociological" stance on NATO commitments, and the new Hero of Quebec!

This week, the Harper government approached the NATO conference in Wales with reservations about spending more money on foreign commitments.  However, in true Canadian style, they agreed to give more after all—not too much, mind you. Prime Minister Harper gave a roughly twenty minute interview, during which he made some startling statements, statements which would give Preston Manning cause to do a double-take. Or maybe a double-think? Although  Mr. Harper’s assurances about being frugal (read: cheap) with the increased expenditure for this mission come as no surprise, but our Prime Minister also had a few words about the causes of the mission, along with some domestic issues in the United Kingdom.

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The interviewer also pried into Harper’s opinions on the upcoming referendum—in Scotland, not Quebec (don’t worry you haven’t missed out on something local!). The gentleman related that Harper was on the forefront of the winning side in 1995. Harper responded, “there’s a lot I can say about that!” Apparently, Harper was the saviour of Quebec in 1995—not Chretien or Charest or Trudeau.  Not the thousands of Canadians who poured into Montreal the weekend of the referendum.  Not the student voters or “money and the ethnic vote.” Not anyone who participated in the actual campaign on the No side. Harper drafted the Reform Party’s strategy on the Referendum, and was an ardent supporter of decentralization of the country. He apparently felt that the No side was a worst-case scenario! Sounds almost like a Quebec separatist! Wait, why was he being asked how to keep a country United, when he was in favour of de-uniting Canada? Maybe they missed that part on his bio…This one time opponent of federalism went on to say that Quebec now has the strongest mandate for federalism in 40 years…I guess he didn’t count Bourassa’s win of 92 seats in 1989 as significantly federal enough! Granted, it was Bourassa and, at a time with Separatists in the governing Progressive Conservative party, it would be understandable if he didn’t want to count it.