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2003-04-11 Great White North

Mark Steyn on Chretienâs "French Connection"

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Posted by Mike 2003-04-11 05:49 am|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 See National Post site, Financial Post columnists, Diane Francis, April 1, title of story is "Iraqi liberation will unleash untapped wealth". The Canadian media aren't touching this because they all own television networks and their licenses are at the mercy of ChrÃ©tien's goons.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-04-11 08:45:11|| 2003-04-11 08:45:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Thanks, Anonymous. Here's the key paragraphs from the Diane Francis article you referenced:

Meanwhile, Canada's Prime Minister has sided with the French and insulted our most important ally. He's become a dupe of Paris and damaged this country's reputation and bottom line as a result.

But as I've written before, this is hardly surprising. Total's biggest shareholder is Montreal's Paul Desmarais, whose youngest son is married to Prime Minister Jean ChrÃ©tien's daughter. Mr. Desmarais Sr. also sits on Total's board of directors, along with other ranking members of France's establishment. And then there is another French connection. The Prime Minister's nephew, Raymond ChrÃ©tien, who publicly disdained George W. Bush while Canada's Ambassador to Washington, is now Canada's lapdog to Jacques Chirac as Ambassador to France.

Posted by Mike 2003-04-11 09:16:58|| 2003-04-11 09:16:58|| Front Page Top

#3 the Diane Francis article was just mentioned on Paul Harvey radio with the whole: "Why is canada so against this war?" meme....
info moves fast, don't it?

Posted by Frank G 2003-04-11 10:44:11|| 2003-04-11 10:44:11|| Front Page Top

#4 I sentence the Canadian PM to a lifetime of looping Celine Dion songs...

Posted by Capsu78 2003-04-11 11:42:30|| 2003-04-11 11:42:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Today reports float down from the north that Chretien is offering the RCMP (mounties) for policing duty in Iraq. Not immediately clear, but my impression is that it wont be conditional on a UNSC resolution. If true goes a long way toward healing this relationship.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-04-11 13:21:39|| 2003-04-11 13:21:39|| Front Page Top

#6 Liberalhawk has a good point. If we get help from the Canadians, and we can use it w/o strings attached, lets us it. The people of Canada have been supportive of us since 9-11. Mr Cretin is the 'roidÂ® here and we can isolate him w/o isolating the Canadians. France, on the other hand, has no hope until the French umpyday Chiraq.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-04-11 13:51:57|| 2003-04-11 13:51:57|| Front Page Top

#7 Alaska Paul, somehow that bit of piglatin came across to me as "Rump-pave", and immediately brought up some rather graphic - and hilarious - mental pictures. ROTFLMAO!

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-04-11 15:11:27|| 2003-04-11 15:11:27|| Front Page Top

#8 What's even funnier is how the liberal party in Ottawa treats Chretien like a god. He giveth your seat and if you don't adore the Liberal line, he can taketh away. The loser Don Boudria, MP, is the supreme Chretien worshiper. He literally cried when Chretien announced he was stepping down (in a year) and recently threw hissy fits when Chretien told them he did not want to extravagantly celebrate his 40th year in politics. Boudria wanted parades or something.
I'm starting to wish Mulroney was back in politics.

Posted by RW 2003-04-11 17:38:46|| 2003-04-11 17:38:46|| Front Page Top

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