Canadian Leadership

Canada as a country has a unique sense of being. Throughout its young history it has forged a international image of being a caring community of people blended together through common goals and needs.A diverse group of nationalities from every corner of the earth but once landed in this country of accepting multicultural  sensibilities there emerges a common Canadianism.Over the years our leaders in the form of prime ministers understood this sensibility and espoused it through their policies and public international forages.

We now have a prime minister who either has not had the ability to understand this sensibility or as yet has not taken the time to discover that secret ability to represent the people of Canada in a respectful and healthy manner.Our prime minister has missed the mark miserably on the international stage by offending our Canadian image in the area of environmental responsibility. He has gone on his own and stated military positions which are directly opposite to most Canadians and has now fought publicly with the leadership of Russia, a country which will in the near future work with Canada to map out sovereignty for the polar region.

This is a small dog deal where Canada is speaking way out of his league.in an angry manner.Better that he speak softly and gain support for Canada's position of influence in world affairs which we lost during his watch. How could we lose a UN vote to sit on the security council to Belgium ? This is an indication for how far we dropped in world opinion because of this Prime Minister.

Our troops are just recovering from a horrific combat mission where our losses were not counted by the deaths alone but the casualties from from physical wounds and mental disorders. Our prime minister without the support of parliament has returned from NATO meetings with the news that we are sending troops back to Iraq. This is a slippery slope and where it ends nobody knows for sure.

On the domestic front our PM has missed the boat on the Aboriginal file , the pipeline debate and a democratic parliament. Overall I feel that our PM has tried to run the affairs of the country by himself and with a small group of yes men has overstepped his ability to be all things to all people. He could still be effective for his last year if he brings reasonable measures to the house and permits all members to have a share of the decision making process. Overall I give this PM low marks as a Canadian Leader and failing grades for his decisions. We are fortunate that his term of office is nearly over and we can once again bring civility and honour back to our democratic government.