Sometimes it would be nice to hear that the Prime Minister cares about what we think, and not what Libya or Iran or North Korea thinks.
[Update: Another excellent example of what was said, and what should have been said, at canadiancomment.]
From the National Post today:
"We stress that all our actions against terrorism shall be conducted while observing international legal norms concerning human rights and refugees' rights, as well as the norms of international humanitarian law," the two men [PM Paul Martin and Russian President Vladimir Putin] said in a joint statement issued after their meeting at the Kremlin.Hey, what would you pay to hear a Canadian Prime Minister say this at a news conference? Imagine, if you will:
"We stress that all our actions against terrorism shall be conducted while observing Canadian legal norms concerning human rights and refugees' rights, as well as mindful of our responsibility to the Canadian Parliament and our obligations as outlined in the highest law of the land, the Canadian Constitution," PM Paul Martin said in a joint statement issued after their meeting at the Kremlin.Yeah, a Canadian Prime Minister who thinks his job is to oversee the legislation and execution of Canadian laws, and not worry about what Libya and Sudan and Syria and Russia and Iran and mainland China and North Korea and all the other august members of the United Nations think, and is certainly unwilling to give these members a veto under the guise of worrying about so-called "norms of international humanitarian law". Posted by Angry in T.O. at October 12, 2004 05:12 AM | TrackBack