Why Now???

Canada does not have a foreign policy but it does have a prime minister who has no thoughts representing the Canadian feelings so grasps the Jewish friendship with their leader and calls it his own. Such a terrible mistake to take 200 conservatives to Israel and pretend that this is Canada's foreign policy.To deflect the problems at home with all the scandals and corruption in the PMO , Harper thinks that this love in with Israel will win the affection of the Canadian people and the world community is a joke.

Canada has very poor world currency in the field of world opinion because of the performance of this government during the past 8 years. Its stand on the war in Iraq, the asbestos problem, the stand on the environment and backing out of the agreement with the world leaders makes us look like very lightweights in the world of diplomacy. We couldn't even get elected to the  security council in the UN and before we were world leaders in the UN activities.

Most Canadians have some good feelings for the state of Israel but think that other Middle East peoples have some rights as well. Israel is not exactly a model of democracy and civil rights when we look at their record of the past 20 years.For Harper to go over there with a definite , public stated unequivocal love and support for Israel leaves little room for having productive talks with other states in the area.

Taking almost 200 people with him at taxpayers expense and not one member of the other parties in Parliament is a disgrace as they represent 60% of the population of Canada. All we will get out of this party in the East is a large financial bill for a partisan photo op.

Israel has been propped up by American and Canadian money and resources over the years from 1948 until the present day. It could not exist one year without the backing of the USA armed support and the other neighbors know this. Canada has few friends in Palestine and other Arab states because of our narrow foreign policies. Do we not think that these people have a right to their homeland which was taken from them in 1948 by the Allies after WW11? This looks a little like the home policies of the Harper Government in their treatment of our Aboriginal Nations.