The UN is giving Canada grief about our ‘antagonistic and mocking’ attitude towards global development. On all the big global issues like poverty, hunger, disease, the environment, climate change and foreign assistance Canada is now seen standing tall and giving the world community the finger, or two fingers in the case of climate change. We are seen as lacking leadership on global issues, meanwhile being led by an administration that espouses to have their picture next to the word leadership in the dictionary (Also in the Harper’s Modern Canadian Dictionary: Dion’s picture next to the word not-a-leader. A nicely illustrated rendition of Ontario sits above deadbeat. Also, democracy is defined as: DO AS I SAY!)

The world used to admire Canada. That we as a nation had ideals and acted upon them, supplying aid and peacekeepers and generally doing what we could as a small nation to help out. What do we stand for now? Is it anything? Do we have values beyond cashing in quick and hoarding what we can? That is the Harper ethos and it is rapidly taking over the old Canada, the Canada that had its flaws but that one could take pride in. A Canada that tried, a Canada that cared, a Canada that was more then the grabastic hell hole that Harper is trying to make it. Fuck you Harper, we will have our Canada back and then some. You just wait and see.