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Thread #68929 Message #1164774
Posted By: Metchosin
18-Apr-04 - 09:30 PM
Thread Name: BS: Kerry On 'Meet The Press' Now (18 Apr 04)
Subject: RE: BS: Kerry On 'Meet The Press' Now (18 Apr 04)
So would I SRS, but I wouldn't be in any rush if I were you. We currently have an unelected Prime Minister who is far more favourably disposed to current US foreign policy than our previous one.
He also had no qualms about skirting our own Canadian labour regulations by registering his ships under a flag of convenience or using offshore tax loopholes to avoid paying Canadian taxes. He justified it by declaring that that's what you have to do if you want to play with the big boys. While Finance Minister, he was also responsible for the largest cuts in social spending ever brought in by an elected administration. I don't hold much hope for him steering a course independant of current US desires. Its called levelling the playing field.....downward.