Well, when the safe training myth is shattered, Harper can say he didn’t lie.

The training will take place mostly in classrooms or bases in Kabul and possibly elsewhere. (Emphasis mine)

Nice, wide open door there, and since we don’t have an official opposition at this time, stevo will continue to make the rules and waste precious lives.

Later, Ignatieff was asked by reporters about not having a vote on the issue.  "That's what you have a parliamentary democracy for. We will hold them to account every day in the House of Commons," he said.

Sure you will, Michael.  Just like you did on the economic action plan, the several budgets, the Afghan detainee issue, environmental issues...

I”ll bet steve is real scared.

An aside - this photo of the three stooges delivery the news is unsettling.  I think it’s the pretense at concern in each face as they send more Canadians to face hell.

And how many pregnancies have you had, Lawrence Cannon?

The Conservative government has offered an explanation for why it will exclude contraception from its initiative to improve the health of mothers in poor countries: Birth control doesn't fit with saving lives.

"It does not deal in any way, shape or form with family planning. Indeed, the purpose of this is to be able to save lives," Mr. Cannon told the Foreign Affairs committee.

Riiiiight.

I wonder if Cannon has ever been to a puppy mill. 

Here is a 12-years-old dog in very frail condition (after she was been rescued and treated), a Athrowaway mom@ from a puppy mill. Her front feet are permanently crippled and she is unable to walk properly . Too many pregnancies and no exercise leached the calcium out of her bones.  

It stands to reason that if the mother suffers from deficiencies, her pups will not fare well resulting in health issues, and even early death in some cases.

Now consider a human female deprived of birth control.  Her body has no chance to recover from one pregnancy as she faces the possibility of getting pregnant again.  She may be breast feeding a baby while pregnant.  Give her a few years, she could end up, pregnant while breastfeeding and caring for a half dozen or so kids under the age of twelve.

Think of this woman living in poverty - belonging to the group Cannon wants to deny birth control to so that the Harper party of Canada doesn=t alienate its base - and think how her and her children=s health will be affected as she exhausts herself caring for her brood and cannot come up with enough healthy food for her kids and herself.

Look at this woman as she gets pregnant yet again, and see how she suffers a miscarriage because her body is just too unhealthy to spare anything for a foetus.  Watch as she dies far younger her sisters in Canada who have access to birth control and can work on their health between planned pregnancies, can take the time needed to raise their children, can feed them quality food so that they are not as likely to catch whatever illness is travelling the neighbourhood that week.. 

Now, Cannon, you pompous, self-righteous bastard - tell us again how birth control doesn't fit with saving lives.  Or better yet, get a woman living in extreme poverty with 8 kids and preggers with #9 to tell us.  If she has the energy.

(photo)

Does anyone not see death's shadow here?

You have blood on your hands for that, Larry.

Oh no!!!! Cannon is an anti-semite and anti-Canadian!!!!!!!

Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon is taking a harder line against Israel's controversial decision to build settlements in East Jerusalem and now says he condemns the plan.

Condemnation coming from a foreign affairs minster would constitute something of a threat, would it not?  A warning of sorts?  As in we will not tolerate this, will n ot support it, and will exert pressure to force Israel to pull back?

Well, then.
(Emphasis mine)

“Our government believes that those who threaten Israel also threaten Canada, because, as the last world war showed, hate-fuelled bigotry against some is ultimately a threat to us all, and must be resisted wherever it may lurk.”

“In this ongoing battle, Canada stands side-by-side with the State of Israel, our friend and ally in the democratic family of nations. We have stood with Israel even when it has not been popular to do so, and we will continue to stand with Israel, just as I have always said we would.” - Harper, May, 2008.

Figures Harper would change his tune (but let Cannon spout the words) once the U.S. took a stance.

But then, we all know that what Harper has "always said" is less than a passing whim.