Canada has maintained friendly trade relations with Cuba, continuing even as the country turned to communism under Castro in the 1960s and the Americans broke off diplomatic relations in 1961.
That relationship became even closer when the friendship of Liberal prime minister Pierre Trudeau and Castro blossomed. Castro attended Trudeau's state funeral in 2000.
Relations became frosty during the government of Jean Chrétien, when Castro snubbed efforts to have political prisoners released in his country. Several Cuban athletes also defected to Canada while participating in the 1999 Pan-Am Games in Winnipeg.
Still, Canada has never supported Washington's 40-year blockade of Cuba, opting for a policy of constructive engagement with the country. Canadian business also continues to flourish on the island, and hundreds of thousands of Canadian sun-worshippers flock to Cuba each year.
MacKay said that all that's left to do now is wait to see what unfolds.
"Everyone is waiting in anticipation to see whether the health of Mr. Castro will improve. Many countries now are waiting to see if there will be some sort of mass exodus from Cuba, there's no way to predict if that will happen at all."
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More status queue from the Government that represents change?
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Perception is two thirds of what we perceive reality to be.
Difficult decisions are a privilege of rank.
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Poor McKay, they're stipping the guy of his complete identity. One of the few redeeming features of a politician is a dynamic personality, something the Cons seem to discourage. They're playing scared and indecisively, as their public image and credibility continues to plummet.<br />
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the phrase 'status queue' is unknown to me
May I have its meaning please
I make it to mean status line
There is a status line?
(a)Is it an above/below line?
(b) Is it an over/under line?
(C) A this side/That side line?
It must be a Demarcation line of some sort
Or
Status quo is a Latin term meaning the present, current, existing state of affairs
I get it!!
it is Status quo
as spoken by Inspector Cleauseu
(an attempt at comic relief)
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We have met the enemy and he is us
Pogo
A mind is a fire to be kindled, not a vessel to be filled.
Plutarch
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Expect little from life and get more from it.
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Perception is two thirds of what we perceive reality to be.
Difficult decisions are a privilege of rank.
re:brain freze
Me too, 24/7 in my case
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We have met the enemy and he is us
Pogo
A mind is a fire to be kindled, not a vessel to be filled.
Plutarch
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“The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous, the essential act of warfare is the destruction of the produce of human labour”
It was.
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Perception is two thirds of what we perceive reality to be.
Difficult decisions are a privilege of rank.
Mackay has learned to mimic George's jargon well when he refers to bringing democracy to foreign countries. As with Afghanistan and Iraq , and so many others before, when the US talks democracy things are going to get bloody and the outcome is subjugation not democracy.
When the crunch comes on Cuba, Canada's traditional relationship with that country will be gone and Mackay the feckless, unprincipled choir boy will echo the American tune.
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Robert Billyard