Canada Takes On Leadership Role

Our PM and his government are not letting grass grow under their feet. One week from today, Monday January 25, in Montreal, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon will host an international meeting on rebuilding Haiti. (h/t) Globe and Mail

"Canada will host an emergency meeting in Montreal next Monday of countries that are leading the rescue effort in Haiti, as world leaders struggle to craft a longer-term plan for rebuilding the stricken nation.

Lawrence Cannon, Canada's Foreign Minister, hosted a teleconference yesterday afternoon that included U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and their counterparts from several Latin American countries, along with Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive.

As a key player in Friends of Haiti, an informal group of governments and organizations that has been working to improve the situation in Haiti since the early 1990s, Canada is playing a major role in co-ordinating the global response.'

That along with all the other relief efforts Canada is doing from just hours after the earthquake occured, is in my mind impressive. That's leadership.

Let's not forget the folk in Haiti and keep doing everything we can. Keep them in your hearts and prayers. There is still a lot of suffering going on and we must continue to help.

BTW - This summit on Monday Jan. 25 is the same day as the Liberals are ordered back to work on the Hill. Stay tuned it'll be an interesting day.

Does the NATO Chief Think Canadian Troops Are War Criminals?

What does the NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen have to say about the Canadian troops and/or the government being involved in war crimes as the Liberals and some in the Lame Stream Media have alleged?
This from the NATO chief himself when he was in Canada meeting with the Prime Minister on Wednesday. (h/t) National Post

Safeguards against Afghan torture in place, NATO chief says

OTTAWA -- NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says Canadians should not be concerned about treatment of Afghan detainees because rules and practices are in place to prevent and stop abuse.

In an interview Wednesday with Canwest News Service he was asked if Canadians should be concerned about a risk of torture of detainees transferred to Afghan authorities by Canadian Forces -- a topic that dominated the political debate before the government prorogued Parliament.

"Obviously it is a very important topic," he said. "But I don't think Canadians in general should be concerned about it because there are very clear rules regarding the handover of detainees."

He said the rules governing transfer of detainees from NATO forces to Afghan authorities provide for them to be handed over within 96 hours and to inform the Red Cross.

"And I'm also aware of the fact that the Canadian government has agreed to a memorandum of understanding with the Afghan government, according to which there are established monitoring mechanisms," he said. "So I think all in all we have the right legal and practical framework for that."

What ya got to say about that, Liberals and CBC, TorStar, G&M, CTV etc.?

It's pretty clear to me. Our troops and government are NOT involved in committing war crimes.

The Harper Government Responds

The Harper government is on the job responding to the terrible tragedy that happened yesterday in Haiti. (h/t, Jane Tabor, Globe and Mail)

The Canadian government is pledging $5-million immediately to help

International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda announced the measure this morning on a conference call with reporters. Ms. Oda also said the Canadian government, through the Red Cross, is working with the Norwegian government on a field hospital.

She said the immediate need is to “support the first responders” on the scene and to ensure the safety of all Canadians there. She said there was some damage at the Canadian embassy, but so far there are no reports of any Canadian deaths.

Within 30 minutes of the first reports of the earthquake in Haiti, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon and Defence Minister Peter MacKay and their officials were beginning to plan Canada’s response.


LET"S DO ALL WE CAN TO HELP!
Update: You can help here. (h/t) Pastor John

http://www.cdiacanada.com/

Media Where Are You?

I have one question for the media. Why are you giving John McCallum a free pass?
Yesterday Liberal MP John McCallum in an interview with CBC accuses our troops of war crimes.
Since then virtually nothing in the Lame Stream Media on this. Once again the blogs have to do their job for them.

Bluelikeyou.
Dr. Roys Thoughts
Alberta Aardvark
B.C Blue
ThePolitic
Ezra Levant
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Right As Rain
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Just Politics

Where are you MSM? Nothing to see here folks, let's move on. Had this been a Conservative MP, every media outlet would have been on it like a dog with a bone within hours. It would be getting huge headlines.

Oh no there's no bias. The silence is deafening.

Pathetic. See why more people are turning to blogs and the internet to get their information?

More Prorogation Truth

Here is more truth about the prorogation issue, this time from Dave Rutherford from The Dave Rutherford Show on QR77. He talks about the hypocrisy of the Liberals and the central media.
Here Go Jan,12 at 11:00 am.