Harper tells U.S. to butt out on plans for defending Canada's Arctic - Macleans
Politics
January 26, 2006 - 21:45
Harper tells U.S. to butt out on plans for defending Canada's Arctic
MURRAY BREWSTER
OTTAWA (CP) - U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins clearly struck a nerve with prime minister-designate Stephen Harper when he criticized the Conservative plan to bolster Canada's presence in the Arctic.
"I want to address one other question before I go," Harper said Thursday in response to an unasked question as a lengthy session with reporters wound down.
Rest of the article.
A quote of interest from our Prime Minister Harper:
"The United States defends its sovereignty, Canada will defend its sovereignty," Harper tersely responded on Thursday.
I continue to be impressed. This better get even better.
Crossposted at canpolitik, and at canadakicksass
ETA: Another excerpt from the article:
During the election campaign, there were reports a U.S. submarine had patrolled all the way to the North Pole, likely passing through Canadian waters without notifying Ottawa.
This pisses me off, I'm glad we finally have a PM that's going to do something about it beyond being a polite wuss. I prefer peace but to lose yet another piece of territory to the States is unacceptable, line's gotta be drawn somewhere.
So does the surplus have enough for anti-submarine missiles?
January 26, 2006 - 21:45
Harper tells U.S. to butt out on plans for defending Canada's Arctic
MURRAY BREWSTER
OTTAWA (CP) - U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins clearly struck a nerve with prime minister-designate Stephen Harper when he criticized the Conservative plan to bolster Canada's presence in the Arctic.
"I want to address one other question before I go," Harper said Thursday in response to an unasked question as a lengthy session with reporters wound down.
Rest of the article.
A quote of interest from our Prime Minister Harper:
"The United States defends its sovereignty, Canada will defend its sovereignty," Harper tersely responded on Thursday.
I continue to be impressed. This better get even better.
Crossposted at canpolitik, and at canadakicksass
ETA: Another excerpt from the article:
During the election campaign, there were reports a U.S. submarine had patrolled all the way to the North Pole, likely passing through Canadian waters without notifying Ottawa.
This pisses me off, I'm glad we finally have a PM that's going to do something about it beyond being a polite wuss. I prefer peace but to lose yet another piece of territory to the States is unacceptable, line's gotta be drawn somewhere.
So does the surplus have enough for anti-submarine missiles?