The backbone of support for Canada came from Western democracies, and the European Union, Australia and New Zealand went on record saying Iran's anti-Canadian draft had been political retaliation for Canada's leadership Tuesday in seeing Iran's human rights record condemned.
Human rights resolutions at the world body are meant to ''name-and-shame'' countries that abuse their citizens, but whether they pass, they often reveal allegiances on the international stage.
Against the backdrop of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba, Canada has provided considerable political and economic support to Cuba over the years, despite the island state's own internationally documented lapses in respecting human rights.
Canadian tourists have also made Cuba one of their top five destinations, and Statistics Canada figures show some 517,900 visited last year, spending more than $457 million.
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Cuba Joins Iran To Shame Canada At UN
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"The Iranian draft expressed a series of ''grave'' and ''particular'' concerns about the economic well being and treatment of aboriginal peoples and immigrants in Canada."
From IRAN! *Pfffft* Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
And I guess I'm never visiting Cuba again. I hear Punta Cana is pretty nice.
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"I think it's important to always carry enough technology to restart civilization, should it be necessary." Mark Tilden
We ought to be looking at our own house, before WE start pointing fingers........otherwise we are as hypocritical as those we choose to besmirch and besmear.
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Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
It is time Canada turned its accusatory eyes back on itself and did some house cleaning and hypocracy-homework. And now that we have an open policy of backing the a-bomb-a-nation next door we have opened ourselves to a scrutiny we are not used to having put on us. Well get used to it.
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"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." Friedrich Nietzsche
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Diogenes said:
"I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels."
I don't know how much abuse is evident but the counter argument is irrelevant, as you point out. It's almost American! "We spend money in your country so you have no right to point out our faults."
And now that we have an open policy of backing the a-bomb-a-nation next door we have opened ourselves to a scrutiny ...<<
We had better get use to it. We sail with a pirate ship and now we'll hit the rough sea's. We have lowered our esteem to that of the American Government and can expect the same respect. We are now starting the reputation of being an underhanded sleezeball.
The Canadian government has tried to open the barriers on free trade with Cuba. Now that Castro see's Harper playing bumb-boy to Bush, he most probably has doubts of Canadas good intentions.
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Expect little from life and get more from it.
I guess we now know what it feels like to be an American.
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Expect little from life and get more from it.
These underdog "rogue states" have a legitimate beef (a number of them) as Chavez so entertainingly expressed at the UN not so long ago and Canada is becoming part of their problem.
Furthermore, Canada does have a poor record on human rights when it comes to the issue of aboriginals in this country.
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Everybody got to deviate from the norm
name. I'm beginning to think Canadians are enjoying
this Government dragging their once good name and
reputation through the mud.
"When you go to sleep with a whore, you wake up with a
whore."
Red herring retorts do nothing to correct the wrongs of the accused.
Right now in Canada thee state police as well as other police forces are guilty of human rights issues and all do so with immpunity
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Diogenes said:
"I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels."
It's easy if you try <br />
No hell below us <br />
Above us only sky <br />
Imagine all the people <br />
Living for today <br />
Hey boflaade,
Your analogy is closer to the truth than many can imagine. We are indeed on a ship and under Admiralty Law which is connected to Lex Mercatoria.
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Diogenes said:
"I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels."
So do I, it's called Security Certificate, Afghanistan, and Hypocrisy.
Canada has become so full of shit, it can't help but step in it's own feces - and it smells bad from a long distance. all the way to Iran and Cuba, and I'm sure the Chinese, as stinky as there are, can still smell it too.
Most of these 'reservations' don't even have safe drinking water despite the billions of our tax dollar supposedly spent on these issues.
What we need to understand, is that we're all getting hosed by the same cartel of criminals. The aboriginal's are just as much victims as the rest of us are.
Far too many people don't understand this, and the crooks take advantage of the misconception by playing off one another.