Sister Sage's Musings

So we lost the UN security council seat. I actually had predicted this, though unfortunately not in writing (darn)! But, as Don Martin has also correctly pointed out, this isn’t the only thing we can worry about this week. The UAE boot we received this week should bring some much needed attention by our government to it’s policies regarding other nations. We’ve lost a base for now, but we will soon also lose billions of dollars in exports. Check this out “Of the $1.8-billion in two-way trade, $1.2-billion goes from Canada’s canola fields and gold mines into the UAE market,” according to Martin’s article.

I actually e-mailed the newly minted Transport Minister to warn him that this would happen. The UAE would act swiftly, I warned, and would likely start by kicking us out of camp Mirage and would follow up by cutting economic ties. This is serious. The UAE has economic and political clout and is not afraid to use it. What do they really owe us anyways. And all this over some planes landing in Canadian airports? Give me a break. I’m sure this is just more of Harper’s pro-Israel, anti-everyone else policy towards the middle east. I also have no doubt that this, coupled with Minister Van Loans new trade agreement with Israel, our policy towards Israel centrally and our support of countries like Colombia,  played an important role in Portugal being picked over us. Good for them. They definitely deserved it. Canada didn’t. I look forward to the awkward games that the Government tries to play. Pin the tail on the opposition isn’t going to work this time Stevie. You’ve kicked your own butt this time. Live the the bruises of your own stupid and ideologically driven foreign policy.