Methinks the LIEbranos are likely more than happy that Trudeau "The Younger" is overseas kissing babies and licking the nasty old arses of Trump and bunch greedy China men after his mindless defense of his Finance Minister in Parliament last week. Two years from now excepting of course his corporate Spin DoctorsCBC nobody will remember of care what a good time Trudeau had on the road to Manadalay.
I you disagree then I doubt you saw this parliamentary argument.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQGatMfmXEg
WOW!! This Is The Prime Minister Of Canada!
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Everybody in the know knows by now that not long ago I had a little pow wow with one of Trudeau The Younger's corporate spin doctors in the press gallery, JP Tasker. I asked him then if he read my emails to him or the comment sections within the articles he wrote. The snob said he couldn't be bothered. I laughed and told him he should. If he wasn't already I would lay odds little JP is checking them out now. Why else would CBC block me every time I mention him within his articles?
John Paul Tasker
Last night I figured I would have some more fun with the snob JP Tasker and his evil cohorts in CBC but change my MO and not blog or Tweet about it until CBC closed the comment section this time. Well the bell tolled on my endeavours hours ago and lazy old me has finally published the proof of the awful things I said that did not suit CBC/LIEbrano propaganda machine. Now I ask a few rhetorical questions and let the political cards fall where they may EH?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-east-asian-summit-asean-philippines-1.4399356
Trudeau's invite to East Asia Summit proof 'Canada's back,' Freeland says
Canada to participate in high-level security forum for the 1st time
By John Paul Tasker, CBC News Posted: Nov 12, 2017 8:46 AM ET
David Raymond Amos
@David Raymond Amos Why is it that I expected CBC to
block my reply to Paul Grizenko and not block the one to JimWBrennan. Could it be because they are decent real people with real names and well considered opinions?Why would I wait till the last minutes of the same comment sections to post my VERY legitimate replies to a couple of the Crown Corp's favourite evil little Trolls John Henry (a nasty neocon) and Arlond Lynds(a LIEbrano)? Why was I not surprised to watch CBC delay its decision on publishing the aforementioned comments and blocked them only did so after they had closed the comment section this morning?
However CBC allowed other comments of mine posted after the ones to John Henry and Arlond Lyndsto to be published within a heartbeat or so. Methinks CBC has somebody monitoring my comments rather closely these days. What say you? Hard telling not know for sure However I do know lawyers should know that two can play that game but I never will. I believe in the spirit of full disclosure in a purportedly profound "Just Democracy" You two should too N'esy Pas Hubby Lacroix and Minister Joly?
Whereas my last comment this morning never graced the comment section of CBC's domain I felt free to edit it and add more questions and information as is my right. After nobody can deny that this is my blog warts and all.
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David Raymond Amos
@Paul Grizenko (formerly known as sing-a-song)
"I consider myself an independent voter " As an independent candidate in 5 elections thus I largely agree with your assessment, However in my opinion Mulcair lost the election for both himself and Harper and Trudeau " The Younger" became the accidental Prime Minister. Methinks Harper was banking on the NDP having similar support as they did under Layton and that would split the left vote and her would reap the benefit and win the majority again. Harper rolling the dice dropped the writ early for a long election to out spend the liberals when the NDP were high in the polls and before more Duffy bad news eroded his core support. However even I was surprised at how dumb Mulcair was to upset folks in his home province and flat out shocked when every seat the east of Quebec was painted red. I witnessed the circus in the Maritimes not from the front row but from center ring
Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Debate – Federal Elections 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE
"I consider myself an independent voter " As an independent candidate in 5 elections thus I largely agree with your assessment, However in my opinion Mulcair lost the election for both himself and Harper and Trudeau " The Younger" became the accidental Prime Minister. Methinks Harper was banking on the NDP having similar support as they did under Layton and that would split the left vote and her would reap the benefit and win the majority again. Harper rolling the dice dropped the writ early for a long election to out spend the liberals when the NDP were high in the polls and before more Duffy bad news eroded his core support. However even I was surprised at how dumb Mulcair was to upset folks in his home province and flat out shocked when every seat the east of Quebec was painted red. I witnessed the circus in the Maritimes not from the front row but from center ring
Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Debate – Federal Elections 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE
David Raymond Amos
@Paul Grizenko (formerly known as sing-a-song) Hmmm CBC didn't like me agreeing with you. Go Figure
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David Raymond Amos
@John Henry "Try and educate yourself. 3,000 refugees crossed in july alone into PQ from the US "
YUP
But ye who uses a name I doubt is his. Why not try to educate yourself before you insult folks and generate so many dislikes towards your opinions?
Methinks that it was your hero Mr Trump's mindless self serving narcissistic rhetoric that scared the refugees our way N'esy Pas?
YUP
But ye who uses a name I doubt is his. Why not try to educate yourself before you insult folks and generate so many dislikes towards your opinions?
Methinks that it was your hero Mr Trump's mindless self serving narcissistic rhetoric that scared the refugees our way N'esy Pas?
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David Raymond Amos
@Arlond Lynds "The smear remains and my words pointing it out are removed. What has happened to our National Broadcaster."
The CBC blocks my comments all the time for political and far from ethical reasons. However the one thing they are not doing is smearing liberals They are promoting them and this article is irrefutable proof of that fact
The CBC blocks my comments all the time for political and far from ethical reasons. However the one thing they are not doing is smearing liberals They are promoting them and this article is irrefutable proof of that fact
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Michael Athol
Canada's back alright. Back
in debt, back in more Trudeau selfies, back in Liberal leadership money
scandals and back in Liberal broken promises. Canada will really be back
in 2019 when the Liberals are vanquished at the polls.
David Raymond Amos
@Michael Athol Freeland' s
bragging about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's invitation to the East
Asia Summit is kinda like greedy chickens being invited to dinner by
chicken hawks and claiming that its wonderful they felt included. She
overlooked the fact that we are their dinner.
Paul Grizenko (formerly known as sing-a-song)
@Michael Athol Same talking
points. Hey, it's your opinion. We'll see what the options are when
the election rolls around. However, if Scheer and Singh want a serious
crack at the top office, they will have to find ways to appeal to more
than their base. Despite the Conservative forum dwellers, Trudeau is
still doing more things right than wrong.
Paul Grizenko (formerly known as sing-a-song)
@Peter Parker I consider
myself an independent voter and look at the platforms and teams that are
offered up during an election. The Liberals and the PC's used to
alternate running the country partly because both were more or less in
the center. When Reform hijacked the PC's and went towards the right,
then Canadians got fewer centrist options. For a while the NDP (under
Layton) were perceived to be moving closer to the center, and therefore
were rewarded with the Quebec seats by voters who were tired of the BLOC
obstructionist agenda. The NDP (under Mulcair) tried to move even more
to the center, but lost credibility with their core supporters, while
not convincing potential NDP voters that they were ready to govern,
hence the sharp drop in voter support in the 2015 election.
The Liberals are well known historically to campaign from the left and govern from the right (which is why they have not repudiated many of the policies left over from the CPC under Harper). They are also known to be less ideological and more pragmatic (and therefore were and are continuing to get support from a substantial part of the business community)
Paul Grizenko (formerly known as sing-a-song)
@JimWBrennan Voting for an
independent may feel good for the soul, but translates into very little
influence, unless there are quite a few of them. On the other hand,
voting in minority governments does require the parties to work together
at least a little.
The real problem in my opinion, is that we as citizens and voters generally feel rather apathetic about ensuring that our voices are heard by the elected representatives. So the MPs can for the most part safely ignore their constituents until there is a big enough issue that galvanized the community. If we want "our" representatives to pay attention, we need to be loud, persistent, and make it very clear that we are watching them. Most people, unfortunately, can't be bothered.
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David Raymond Amos
@Paul Grizenko (formerly known as sing-a-song)
"I consider myself an independent voter " As an independent candidate in 5 elections thus I largely agree with your assessment, However in my opinion Mulcair lost the election for both himself and Harper and Trudeau " The Younger" became the accidental Prime Minister. Methinks Harper was banking on the NDP having similar support as they did under Layton and that would split the left vote and her would reap the benefit and win the majority again. Harper rolling the dice dropped the writ early for a long election to out spend the liberals when the NDP were high in the polls and before more Duffy bad news eroded his core support. However even I was surprised at how dumb Mulcair was to upset folks in his home province and flat out shocked when every seat the east of Quebec was painted red. I witnessed the circus in the Maritimes not from the front row but from center ring
Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Debate – Federal Elections 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE
"I consider myself an independent voter " As an independent candidate in 5 elections thus I largely agree with your assessment, However in my opinion Mulcair lost the election for both himself and Harper and Trudeau " The Younger" became the accidental Prime Minister. Methinks Harper was banking on the NDP having similar support as they did under Layton and that would split the left vote and her would reap the benefit and win the majority again. Harper rolling the dice dropped the writ early for a long election to out spend the liberals when the NDP were high in the polls and before more Duffy bad news eroded his core support. However even I was surprised at how dumb Mulcair was to upset folks in his home province and flat out shocked when every seat the east of Quebec was painted red. I witnessed the circus in the Maritimes not from the front row but from center ring
Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Debate – Federal Elections 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE
David Raymond Amos
@Paul Grizenko (formerly known as sing-a-song) Hmmm CBC didn't like me agreeing with you. Go Figure
JimWBrennan
@Peter Parker "we are screwed either way"
Not all of us are willing victims. Sometimes we have to stand up and fight for what we believe. For many of us, Canada has reached that point. It could, admittedly, get worse before we do something but that just leaves the heavy lifting for others. How ever slim the chances now of returning to democracy Canadian by Canadian, riding by riding; it will only get slimmer if ignored.
If we elect incidental large party representatives they are told what to do by the party, not the constituents.
If we elect small party representatives they are told what to do by parties with little or no influence.
If we elect independents they answer to the constituents, not a party, and those constituents set the agenda. If they are told what to do by the controlling party - and they do it - they are no different than most party representatives. If they don't do as the controlling party tells them that party loses power and that power is taken back by the riding.
If there are more than a couple of independents Canadians, generally with common interests like better value for tax dollars, take power back from the parties regardless.
There is no need to be a victim. Yet.
Not all of us are willing victims. Sometimes we have to stand up and fight for what we believe. For many of us, Canada has reached that point. It could, admittedly, get worse before we do something but that just leaves the heavy lifting for others. How ever slim the chances now of returning to democracy Canadian by Canadian, riding by riding; it will only get slimmer if ignored.
If we elect incidental large party representatives they are told what to do by the party, not the constituents.
If we elect small party representatives they are told what to do by parties with little or no influence.
If we elect independents they answer to the constituents, not a party, and those constituents set the agenda. If they are told what to do by the controlling party - and they do it - they are no different than most party representatives. If they don't do as the controlling party tells them that party loses power and that power is taken back by the riding.
If there are more than a couple of independents Canadians, generally with common interests like better value for tax dollars, take power back from the parties regardless.
There is no need to be a victim. Yet.
JimWBrennan
@Blanche Cote
"democracy Canadian by Canadian, riding by riding" is not practiced in the present party system.
"democracy Canadian by Canadian, riding by riding" is not practiced in the present party system.
JimWBrennan
@Paul Grizenko (formerly known as sing-a-song) "
The real problem in my opinion, is that we as citizens and voters generally feel rather apathetic"
I agree that is the problem, virtually all of the problem.
The solution is a little trickier. We can wait until apathy has cost too many of us too much or we can try to stop the erosion now before it takes the house down.
The real problem in my opinion, is that we as citizens and voters generally feel rather apathetic"
I agree that is the problem, virtually all of the problem.
The solution is a little trickier. We can wait until apathy has cost too many of us too much or we can try to stop the erosion now before it takes the house down.
JimWBrennan
@Blanche Cote
How does a combination of prejudice, insult and divisiveness help the country ?
How does a combination of prejudice, insult and divisiveness help the country ?
JimWBrennan
@Blanche Cote "Would that be the prejudice, insult and divisiveness you are talking about?"
Yup. As is your statement about Atlantic Canada and Quebec.
Yup. As is your statement about Atlantic Canada and Quebec.
JimWBrennan
@Blanche Cote
Long, long ago in land...well, not so far away I knew people who made lots of observations based on race, colour and creed. There was no sense arguing, it was as much a part of them as their political affiliation. It wasn't going to change.
Long, long ago in land...well, not so far away I knew people who made lots of observations based on race, colour and creed. There was no sense arguing, it was as much a part of them as their political affiliation. It wasn't going to change.
David Raymond Amos
@JimWBrennan "Not all of us are willing victims" True
Trust that you should not be nervous when I say there is more than won way to skin a cat. It is just an expression and you are using just a photo of one.
Trust that you should not be nervous when I say there is more than won way to skin a cat. It is just an expression and you are using just a photo of one.
Richard Sharp
@Michael Athol
The Libs are actually up in the polls, and has a lock on Atlantic Canada and Quebec in 2019 no matter. Nationally, Trudeau is prefered as PM by 2 to 1 over Scheer and 3 to 1 over Singh.
You were saying?
The Libs are actually up in the polls, and has a lock on Atlantic Canada and Quebec in 2019 no matter. Nationally, Trudeau is prefered as PM by 2 to 1 over Scheer and 3 to 1 over Singh.
You were saying?
Richard Sharp
@Blanche Cote
This is what you wrote, Blanche. You insulted everybody east of the Ottawa river.
"Libs up in the polls in Atlantic Canada and Quebec - hmmm I guess corruption at the highest level of government is acceptable in those regions - the rest of Canada we have a different standard."
This is what you wrote, Blanche. You insulted everybody east of the Ottawa river.
"Libs up in the polls in Atlantic Canada and Quebec - hmmm I guess corruption at the highest level of government is acceptable in those regions - the rest of Canada we have a different standard."
David Raymond Amos
@Richard Sharp "has a lock on Atlantic Canada"
Dream on
Dream on
John Henry
@James Fitzgibbon
We have tent cities at our borders and 30,000 flooding in unvetted because Trudeau declared our borders open. These illegals can stay up to 12 yrs getting pogey and healthcare until their bogus applications are sorted out
Liberals think this is ok They can live in your neighborhood then
We have tent cities at our borders and 30,000 flooding in unvetted because Trudeau declared our borders open. These illegals can stay up to 12 yrs getting pogey and healthcare until their bogus applications are sorted out
Liberals think this is ok They can live in your neighborhood then
David Raymond Amos
@John Henry Who sent these people our way?
Richard Allan
@John Henry
"We have tent cities at our borders"
Really, where? Please be specific.
"30,000 flooding in unvetted because Trudeau declared our borders open."
Nonsense.
When did he do that? If you are not just making things up, you should be able to point to a quote where he declares anything like that.
"We have tent cities at our borders"
Really, where? Please be specific.
"30,000 flooding in unvetted because Trudeau declared our borders open."
Nonsense.
When did he do that? If you are not just making things up, you should be able to point to a quote where he declares anything like that.
John Henry
@Richard Allan
Try and educate yourself. 3,000 refugees crossed in july alone into PQ from the US Theyh were est ~ 30k for the yr
The tent cities were on the pq border
https://globalnews.ca/news/3677129/asylum-seeker-numbers-quebec-canada/
Try and educate yourself. 3,000 refugees crossed in july alone into PQ from the US Theyh were est ~ 30k for the yr
The tent cities were on the pq border
https://globalnews.ca/news/3677129/asylum-seeker-numbers-quebec-canada/
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David Raymond Amos
@John Henry "Try and educate yourself. 3,000 refugees crossed in july alone into PQ from the US "
YUP
But ye who uses a name I doubt is his. Why not try to educate yourself before you insult folks and generate so many dislikes towards your opinions?
Methinks that it was your hero Mr Trump's mindless self serving narcissistic rhetoric that scared the refugees our way N'esy Pas?
YUP
But ye who uses a name I doubt is his. Why not try to educate yourself before you insult folks and generate so many dislikes towards your opinions?
Methinks that it was your hero Mr Trump's mindless self serving narcissistic rhetoric that scared the refugees our way N'esy Pas?
Arlond Lynds
@Michael Athol
Canada is being well represented on the world stage despite the efforts of the CBC to smear our new government and its leader at every opportunity.
Canada is being well represented on the world stage despite the efforts of the CBC to smear our new government and its leader at every opportunity.
David Raymond Amos
@Arlond Lynds Everybody know I
am no fan of CBC but to give the Devil its they are definitely not
smearing Trudeau and his cohorts.
John Dirlik
@Arlond Lynds
To be fair, it is not CBC but rather a handful of persistent whiners likely annoyed Trudeau's popularity on the world stage is far outshining the indifference towards his predecessor.
I am certainly no fan of Trudeau, but their reliance on basically different variations of "Sophie, selfie and socks" only highlights their lack of convincing arguments.
To be fair, it is not CBC but rather a handful of persistent whiners likely annoyed Trudeau's popularity on the world stage is far outshining the indifference towards his predecessor.
I am certainly no fan of Trudeau, but their reliance on basically different variations of "Sophie, selfie and socks" only highlights their lack of convincing arguments.
David Raymond Amos
@John Dirlik "To be fair, it is not CBC but rather a handful of persistent whiners" True
However why does CBC allow their obvious ad hominem insults and block people who reply to them with legitimate arguments?
However why does CBC allow their obvious ad hominem insults and block people who reply to them with legitimate arguments?
John Smith
Canada didn't go anywhere. Leave it to a liberal to insult the country to make political points.
Jacqueline Beava
@Edward Peter Freeland is a
respected journalist with solid understanding in economics and
international relationships. Also a Rhodes Scholar.
Under the Harper government The Foreign Affairs portfolio was once managed by John Baird who was a career politician with a BA in Political Science with no respected background economics or international affairs.
How is she not qualified? But he was?
Under the Harper government The Foreign Affairs portfolio was once managed by John Baird who was a career politician with a BA in Political Science with no respected background economics or international affairs.
How is she not qualified? But he was?
David Raymond Amos
@Jacqueline Beava "a
respected journalist" ??? I did not know there was such a thing. Pray
tell me more right after you find me in this article about politics by
CBC
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276
Keith Newcastle
If by "Back" you mean being taken over by Chinese investors and migrants, yup, we're back alright.
Kristoffer Luukski Gildenlöw
@Keith Newcastle
Freeland aka "The Lady In Red" may I introduce you to Alice In Wonderland, Canada is Back, what a daft statement to make.
Freeland aka "The Lady In Red" may I introduce you to Alice In Wonderland, Canada is Back, what a daft statement to make.
David Raymond Amos
@Kristoffer Luukski Gildenlöw At least she is not crying this time
Max Merl
The only back that has come is Justin turning his back on Canadians and Canada. Holding a child for a photo op wont help you.
David Raymond Amos
@Max Merl "Holding a child
for a photo op wont help you" Yea it will if he makes a deal to get a
piece of the action for every photo of him posted in Facebook. Even my
daughter posted a picture of Trudeau in gay parade and her lady
friends young and old gushed over it. It kinda grates on my soul because
I ran against his party in 5 elections and the kids quite simply don't
give a damn. The dude is legalizing dope and he is handsome to. Hence he
is a hero to far too many of our young and old ladies even amongst my
own Clan.
Rick Rheubottom
@Max Merl
How has he turned his back exactly?
How has he turned his back exactly?
David Raymond Amos
@Rick Rheubottom "How has he turned his back exactly?
ERRE
ERRE
Arlond Lynds
@Max Merl
The smear remains and my words pointing it out are removed. What has happened to our National Broadcaster.
The smear remains and my words pointing it out are removed. What has happened to our National Broadcaster.
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David Raymond Amos
@Arlond Lynds "The smear remains and my words pointing it out are removed. What has happened to our National Broadcaster."
The CBC blocks my comments all the time for political and far from ethical reasons. However the one thing they are not doing is smearing liberals They are promoting them and this article is irrefutable proof of that fact
The CBC blocks my comments all the time for political and far from ethical reasons. However the one thing they are not doing is smearing liberals They are promoting them and this article is irrefutable proof of that fact
Arlond Lynds
@Max Merl
"Holding a child for a photo op wont help you." ... to human for you? No wonder you miss PM Harper.
"Holding a child for a photo op wont help you." ... to human for you? No wonder you miss PM Harper.
David Raymond Amos
@Arlond Lynds "Holding a
child for a photo op wont help you." ... to human for you?" NOPE just
way too corny. Trudeau is way down under on important international pow
wows. He should save the kissing babies and self serving cutie photo ops
for the next election when he is gonna need them. If he pummels us with
them now, folks will be on his game and grown weary of it in two years
Jordan Talbot
Liberals are so full of themselves it's enough to make you gag.
Arlond Lynds
@Jordan Talbot
You are so sick with partisan jealousy it is a wonder you can breath.
You are so sick with partisan jealousy it is a wonder you can breath.
David Raymond Amos
@Arlond Lynds And what of
you? Methinks it is the pot calling the kettle names. However I can't be
partisan because I only run as an independent. My opinions are my own
and not out of some party play book.
John Morris
Canada went somewhere?
David Raymond Amos
@John Morris "Canada went somewhere?" YUP However the liberals are lying. We ain't back yet.
Blanche Cote
@John Morris - you have to
understand the Liberal mind set - if you are not Liberal you are not a
real Canadian, if you disagree with their policies you are not a real
Canadian, if you find fault with their behaviour you are not a real
Canadian, if you don't kow tow to a Liberal you are not a real Canadian -
getting the picture?
David Raymond Amos
@Blanche Cote You forgot that
the Liberals are the natural governing party of Canada so why expect
any less from them. Got the picture yet?
Arlond Lynds
@John Morris
Actually yes, during the Harper Government™ years Canada was just a thinly veiled tool of the US and Is rael on the world stage
Actually yes, during the Harper Government™ years Canada was just a thinly veiled tool of the US and Is rael on the world stage
David Raymond Amos
@Arlond Lynds "Canada was
just a thinly veiled tool of the US and Is rael on the world stage"
Under Trudeau The Younger"s mandate nothing has changed in that regard.
alan boucain
This "Canada is back" nonsense is always a slight against Harper. Freeland is nowhere near the same class as Stephen Harper.
David Raymond Amos
@alan boucain Nobody I would
want to know would want to be in Harper's class If you were ever to get
close enough to look him in the eye you may understand
Wallace Johnston
Oops. Here by mistake. Thought this was the CBC, but it's the Liberal press release page.
David Raymond Amos
@Wallace Johnston "Thought this was the CBC, but it's the Liberal press release page" C'est la même chose N'esy Pas?
Tucker Carlson
@Wallace Johnston
They are synonymous
They are synonymous
David Raymond Amos
@Tucker Carlson I believe I
already answered Mr Johnston in French N'esy Pas? BTW you never answered
me how is it going with your boss buying BSkyB?
Lonnie Donnigan
Canada is back alright. Back
into debt while Liberals are in the Panama Papers. Morneau is back with
his private villa in France. Faith is back with the GG laughing at
people who believe in it and then not singing God Save The Queen on
Remembrance Day.
Kristoffer Luukski Gildenlöw
@Lonnie Donnigan
Payette didn't sing "God Save The Queen" on Remembrance Day? This is utterly disgraceful, she should be removed from this regal office or resign immediately. How unpatriotic.
Payette didn't sing "God Save The Queen" on Remembrance Day? This is utterly disgraceful, she should be removed from this regal office or resign immediately. How unpatriotic.
David Raymond Amos
@Kristoffer Luukski Gildenlöw
Would you be angry with me if I confessed that I have been suing the
Queen for two years and the Governor General knows it and doesn't care?
Robbie Adams
"""Canada has been invited to
the summit for the first time as an observer, officials said, and
Trudeau will be privy to high-level talks,"""
As long as he sits there and be quiet, assuming of course he shows up for the meeting and not meeting with the CEO of Google or Facebook.
As long as he sits there and be quiet, assuming of course he shows up for the meeting and not meeting with the CEO of Google or Facebook.
David Raymond Amos
@Robbie Adams "As long as he sits there and be quiet" Heres hoping that he does
Trudeau's invite to East Asia Summit proof 'Canada's back,' Freeland says
Canada to participate in high-level security forum for the 1st time
By John Paul Tasker, CBC News Posted: Nov 12, 2017 8:46 AM ET
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks with the
media ahead of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in
Manila.
(Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's invitation to the East
Asia Summit, a key forum for regional and global security discussions,
is a sign Canada's aggressive overtures in the region have paid off,
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Sunday.
Canada has been invited to the summit for the first time as an observer, officials said, and Trudeau will be privy to high-level talks, alongside the likes of Chinese President Xi Jinping, on the tenuous security situation in North Korea.
"This is the first time Canada will be present ... that is a really big deal," Freeland told reporters about the two-day summit in Manila that starts Monday. "The East Asia Summit is the top table in Asia on security issues. Canada has never been there before, so when the prime minister says 'Canada is back,' the fact that he has been invited ... is a very, very important sign of that.
"Our government is acting on our pledge that 'Canada is back,' and the world is recognizing that," she said.
Canada will formally ask to join the summit — which is held every fall and coincides with the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders' meeting — as a permanent member, something that could prove elusive as membership has only been expanded a handful of times since its creation. In 2011, the last year there were additions, the U.S. and Russia were invited to join. The summit's 18 members must reach a consensus on whether to lift a current membership moratorium and allow Canada to join.
Canada appointed its first ambassador to the ASEAN region, Marie-Louise Hannan, following the recent appointment of envoys to Cambodia and Laos, also firsts, meaning Canada has diplomatic representation in all East Asia Summit member countries.
When he was U.S. president, Barack Obama attended every East Asia Summit — except one, when he faced a federal government shutdown in 2013 — as he saw the EAS as the best forum to assert American influence on Asia-Pacific affairs.
In an interview with CBC News before Trudeau left for his Asian trip, Philippines Ambassador to Canada Petronila Garcia said the other members of the East Asia Forum are ready to give Canada a chance to make its case for membership.
"They're interested in joining ... and [being invited as an observer]
will provide them a venue to express their points," she said.
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, who is hosting ASEAN leaders amid a brutal anti-drugs campaign in his country that has ignited human rights concerns, invited Trudeau to attend.
Canada sees an opening to bolster its standing in the region as U.S. President Donald Trump continues creeping towards isolation, pursuing a retrenchment of sorts from Asia-Pacific.
For example, in a speech to APEC delegates this week in Danang, Trump warned he will continue to pursue an "America First" agenda and shun multilateral trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Moreover, American officials were largely absent from ministerial level talks at the APEC summit in Vietnam last week, whereas Freeland, and International Trade Minister François-Philippe Champagne, were busy glad-handing their Asian counterparts, mostly in the pursuit of a renegotiated TPP, but also to strengthen fledgling bilateral ties.
Trump seriously considered skipping the ASEAN summit altogether, before finally deciding to tack on a couple of extra days to meet with his southeast Asian counterparts. "I think that he heard from friends and fellow leaders who said, 'Hey, why don't you stay an extra day…,'" a senior Trump administration official said in a briefing with reporters. "It happened in a conversation. He said, 'Let's do that, let's do that.'"
Joshua Brown, head of the Canada-ASEAN Business Council, said Canada needs to capitalize on this rare moment in time.
"That political event [the U.S. drift towards isolation] is creating opportunities for us that we should take advantage of," he said in an interview with CBC News.
The ASEAN market countries have "huge populations with increasingly large middle classes that are hungry for the types of high-quality products that Canada produces," he said.
Canada is in the throes of an aggressive diplomatic engagement with ASEAN countries, officials said, in an effort to expand economic ties and curry favour with countries ahead of a vote on a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
Freeland raised Canada's bid for a seat with her Australian
counterpart while at APEC. She will ask others to support Canada's
pursuit of a seat during bilateral talks here in Manila.
While the TPP faces an uncertain future, Trudeau also will push ahead with exploratory talks on a Canada-ASEAN free trade deal while at the summit this week.
As a group of countries, the 10 member ASEAN states represent Canada's sixth largest trading partner.
ASEAN includes Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar.
"Having the prime minister here, at their 50th anniversary of ASEAN ... is a great way to kick those talks off, and I've already heard from many ASEAN leaders how much they appreciate that," Freeland said.
Canada has been invited to the summit for the first time as an observer, officials said, and Trudeau will be privy to high-level talks, alongside the likes of Chinese President Xi Jinping, on the tenuous security situation in North Korea.
"This is the first time Canada will be present ... that is a really big deal," Freeland told reporters about the two-day summit in Manila that starts Monday. "The East Asia Summit is the top table in Asia on security issues. Canada has never been there before, so when the prime minister says 'Canada is back,' the fact that he has been invited ... is a very, very important sign of that.
"Our government is acting on our pledge that 'Canada is back,' and the world is recognizing that," she said.
Canada will formally ask to join the summit — which is held every fall and coincides with the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders' meeting — as a permanent member, something that could prove elusive as membership has only been expanded a handful of times since its creation. In 2011, the last year there were additions, the U.S. and Russia were invited to join. The summit's 18 members must reach a consensus on whether to lift a current membership moratorium and allow Canada to join.
Canada appointed its first ambassador to the ASEAN region, Marie-Louise Hannan, following the recent appointment of envoys to Cambodia and Laos, also firsts, meaning Canada has diplomatic representation in all East Asia Summit member countries.
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When he was U.S. president, Barack Obama attended every East Asia Summit — except one, when he faced a federal government shutdown in 2013 — as he saw the EAS as the best forum to assert American influence on Asia-Pacific affairs.
In an interview with CBC News before Trudeau left for his Asian trip, Philippines Ambassador to Canada Petronila Garcia said the other members of the East Asia Forum are ready to give Canada a chance to make its case for membership.
President Donald Trump toasts Philippines
President Rodrigo Duterte, right, at an ASEAN Summit dinner in Manila.
Duterte invited Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take part in the
high-level East Asian Summit (EAS). (Andrew Harnik/Canadian Press)
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, who is hosting ASEAN leaders amid a brutal anti-drugs campaign in his country that has ignited human rights concerns, invited Trudeau to attend.
Canada sees opening in Asia as Trump retreats
Canada sees an opening to bolster its standing in the region as U.S. President Donald Trump continues creeping towards isolation, pursuing a retrenchment of sorts from Asia-Pacific.
For example, in a speech to APEC delegates this week in Danang, Trump warned he will continue to pursue an "America First" agenda and shun multilateral trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Moreover, American officials were largely absent from ministerial level talks at the APEC summit in Vietnam last week, whereas Freeland, and International Trade Minister François-Philippe Champagne, were busy glad-handing their Asian counterparts, mostly in the pursuit of a renegotiated TPP, but also to strengthen fledgling bilateral ties.
Trump seriously considered skipping the ASEAN summit altogether, before finally deciding to tack on a couple of extra days to meet with his southeast Asian counterparts. "I think that he heard from friends and fellow leaders who said, 'Hey, why don't you stay an extra day…,'" a senior Trump administration official said in a briefing with reporters. "It happened in a conversation. He said, 'Let's do that, let's do that.'"
Joshua Brown, head of the Canada-ASEAN Business Council, said Canada needs to capitalize on this rare moment in time.
"That political event [the U.S. drift towards isolation] is creating opportunities for us that we should take advantage of," he said in an interview with CBC News.
The ASEAN market countries have "huge populations with increasingly large middle classes that are hungry for the types of high-quality products that Canada produces," he said.
Lobbying for UN Security Council seat
Canada is in the throes of an aggressive diplomatic engagement with ASEAN countries, officials said, in an effort to expand economic ties and curry favour with countries ahead of a vote on a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a young
girl during his visit to the Likhaan Women's Health centre in Manila.
(Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
While the TPP faces an uncertain future, Trudeau also will push ahead with exploratory talks on a Canada-ASEAN free trade deal while at the summit this week.
As a group of countries, the 10 member ASEAN states represent Canada's sixth largest trading partner.
ASEAN includes Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar.
"Having the prime minister here, at their 50th anniversary of ASEAN ... is a great way to kick those talks off, and I've already heard from many ASEAN leaders how much they appreciate that," Freeland said.
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