[Bcma-l] CMA Clip Serv: Stephen Harper's summer of love
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Congratulations to Mr. Harper.
How about a simple marker [not costing 10,000,000.] to indicate the place
where thousands of European and Oriental immigrants landed, before 1921.
Pier 21 is only a partial recognition of the immigration.
2009/6/29 <bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca>
> *Stephen Harper=92s summer of love*
> Stephen Maher, Chronicle Herald, Saturday, June 27, 2009
>
> Prime Minister Stephen Harper kicked off his summer of oversized cheques
> with a visit to Halifax on Thursday in which he showed us some money and
> some love.
>
> If he keeps going like this =97 and I don=92t see why he shouldn=92t =97 =
this
> should be a good summer for him and a bad summer for Michael Ignatieff.
>
> On a flag-bedecked stage at Pier 21, flanked by dignitaries in suits, Mr.
> Harper was prime ministerial, warm, relaxed and statesmanlike, with a
> sincere-looking smile.
>
> He announced that Pier 21 would be a national museum, with $10 million in
> initial funding and $5 million annually.
>
> This is great. Pier 21 is the gateway through which a million immigrants
> came to Canada, and the story of how they helped
> build this country is a credit to them and to the society that was flexib=
le
> and open enough to make room for them.
>
> Canada=92s unrivalled ability to absorb newcomers is a significant and
> singular achievement =97 unlike, say, our exaggerated contributions to
> international peacekeeping =97 and Mr. Harper is able to speak convincing=
ly
> about it.
>
> The museum, he said, "will tell the story, not just of the Europeans who
> passed through Pier 21, but of those who came later from Asia, Africa and
> our own hemisphere and of those who will come tomorrow, because newcomers
> will be as much a part of Canada=92s future as they have been of our past=
."
>
> In a news conference after his speech, Mr. Harper remained on high ground=
,
> praising former (Liberal) governor general Romeo LeBlanc, who had just di=
ed,
> and vowing to work with new NDP Premier Darrell Dexter.
>
> "All governments in Nova Scotia are first and foremost highly committed t=
o
> the best interests of the country, and we all have enormous challenges th=
ese
> days because of the world economic situation," he said.
>
> Throughout, Mr. Harper behaved like a kindly old-style Progressive
> Conservative politician, blandly and pleasantly talking about the economy=
.
>
> And he was on TV doing so all day, which is every politician=92s dream.
>
> Because Parliament is on recess until Sept. 14, Mr. Harper doesn=92t have=
to
> cope with pesky opposition attacks; he can fly around the country dispens=
ing
> cheques and blandly discussing the economy =97 a walking, talking economi=
c
> action plan, tailor-made for your TV screen.
>
> And Mr. Ignatieff can say nothing about this.
>
> What=92s he going to do? Criticize Mr. Harper for making Pier 21 a nation=
al
> museum?
>
> The Liberals can=92t really attack because, this winter, after his failed
> economic update, Mr. Harper had to chart a course for the economy more or
> less as they wanted.
>
> Because of this, the Liberals have had to attack on employment insurance =
=97
> which has not turned out to be the political winner they had hoped =97 an=
d
> managerial competence, which is a hard case to make to voters even when
> ministers are leaving secret documents in TV studios.
>
> Mr. Ignatieff made things easier for Mr. Harper at the end of the session
> when he awkwardly led the country to the brink of an election, seemingly
> without a good tactical plan for the showdown, and Mr. Harper saved the d=
ay
> by agreeing to appoint a bipartisan blue ribbon panel to study EI.
>
> Part of the deal for the Liberals is that they get to vote on the panel=
=92s
> results in September, which gives them a trigger for the election they wa=
nt.
>
> But the awkward manner in which Mr. Ignatieff won the concession makes it
> less likely that he will be brave enough to pull that trigger.
> The latest EKOS poll shows the Liberals trailing the Tories for the first
> time in months, all a result of Mr. Ignatieff=92s amateurish management o=
f the
> showdown.
>
> The Liberals are reduced, therefore, to spending the summer getting
> themselves organized, sending Mr. Ignatieff to more barbecues and hoping,
> desperately, that Mr. Harper=92s team does something stupid.
> Otherwise, it will be a long summer of Mr. Harper looking good and Mr.
> Ignatieff struggling to get any TV time at all.
>
> Meanwhile, the Tory attack ads play on in heavy rotation, fixing in
> Canadians=92 minds the idea that Count Ignatieff is some kind of funny
> foreigner.
>
> After his speech in Halifax, Mr. Harper did a sit-down interview with CTV=
=92s
> Steve Murphy, and Mr. Murphy held his feet to the fire over the attack ad=
s,
> asking the prime minister repeatedly to explain whether he really thinks
> that Mr. Ignatieff is unfit to serve just because of his long absence fro=
m
> Canada.
>
> Mr. Murphy made Mr. Harper squirm a bit, but the prime minister managed t=
o
> justify the ads, saying they helped avoid an election.
>
> I think Mr. Harper is right. The ads did stall Mr. Ignatieff=92s momentum=
,
> and they are likely to continue to do so.
>
> One of the best things about Mr. Ignatieff is his considerable intellectu=
al
> strength on questions like human rights and international relations =97 a=
reas
> where the Harper government=92s record is weak.
>
> Happily for Mr. Harper, those issues are not vote winners.
>
> To win the next election, Mr. Ignatieff must win over rural and suburban
> voters who have voted for Mr. Harper=92s team in the past, and now care a=
bout
> little else but the economy.
>
> All summer, they=92ll be seeing Mr. Harper on their TVs, cutting ribbons =
and
> signing cheques.
>
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www.Doukhobor-Museum.org
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<div>Congratulations to Mr. Harper.</div>
<div>How about a simple marker [not costing 10,000,000.] to indicate the pl=
ace where thousands of European and Oriental immigrants landed, before 1921=
.</div>
<div>Pier 21 is only a partial recognition of the immigration.<br><br></div=
>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">2009/6/29 <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailt=
o:bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca">bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca</a>></s=
pan><br>
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px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">
<div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"4"><span style=
=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><b>Stephen Harper=92s summer of love</b></span></font>=
</div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"2"><span style=
=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Stephen Maher, Chronicle Herald, Saturday, June 27, 20=
09</span></font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"2"><span style=
=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">Prime Minister Stephen Harper kicked off his summer of oversized ch=
eques with a visit to Halifax on Thursday in which he showed us some money =
and some love.</span></font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">If he keeps going like this =97 and I don=92t see why he shouldn=92=
t =97 this should be a good summer for him and a bad summer for Michael Ign=
atieff.</span></font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">On a flag-bedecked stage at Pier 21, flanked by dignitaries in suit=
s, Mr. Harper was prime ministerial, warm, relaxed and statesmanlike, with =
a sincere-looking smile.</span></font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">He announced that Pier 21 would be a national museum, with $10 mill=
ion in initial funding and $5 million annually.</span></font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">This is great. Pier 21 is the gateway through which a million immig=
rants came to Canada, and the story of how they helped</span></font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">build this country is a credit to them and to the society that was =
flexible and open enough to make room for them.</span></font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">Canada=92s unrivalled ability to absorb newcomers is a significant =
and singular achievement =97 unlike, say, our exaggerated contributions to =
international peacekeeping =97 and Mr. Harper is able to speak convincingly=
about it.</span></font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">The museum, he said, "will tell the story, not just of the Eur=
opeans who passed through Pier 21, but of those who came later from Asia, A=
frica and our own hemisphere and of those who will come tomorrow, because n=
ewcomers will be as much a part of Canada=92s future as they have been of o=
ur past."</span></font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">In a news conference after his speech, Mr. Harper remained on high =
ground, praising former (Liberal) governor general Romeo LeBlanc, who had j=
ust died, and vowing to work with new NDP Premier Darrell Dexter.</span></f=
ont> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">"All governments in Nova Scotia are first and foremost highly =
committed to the best interests of the country, and we all have enormous ch=
allenges these days because of the world economic situation," he said.=
</span></font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">Throughout, Mr. Harper behaved like a kindly old-style Progressive =
Conservative politician, blandly and pleasantly talking about the economy.<=
/span></font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">And he was on TV doing so all day, which is every politician=92s dr=
eam.</span></font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">Because Parliament is on recess until Sept. 14, Mr. Harper doesn=92=
t have to cope with pesky opposition attacks; he can fly around the country=
dispensing cheques and blandly discussing the economy =97 a walking, talki=
ng economic action plan, tailor-made for your TV screen.</span></font> </di=
v>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">And Mr. Ignatieff can say nothing about this.</span></font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">What=92s he going to do? Criticize Mr. Harper for making Pier 21 a =
national museum?</span></font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">The Liberals can=92t really attack because, this winter, after his =
failed economic update, Mr. Harper had to chart a course for the economy mo=
re or less as they wanted.</span></font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">Because of this, the Liberals have had to attack on employment insu=
rance =97 which has not turned out to be the political winner they had hope=
d =97 and managerial competence, which is a hard case to make to voters eve=
n when ministers are leaving secret documents in TV studios.</span></font> =
</div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">Mr. Ignatieff made things easier for Mr. Harper at the end of the s=
ession when he awkwardly led the country to the brink of an election, seemi=
ngly without a good tactical plan for the showdown, and Mr. Harper saved th=
e day by agreeing to appoint a bipartisan blue ribbon panel to study EI.</s=
pan></font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">Part of the deal for the Liberals is that they get to vote on the p=
anel=92s results in September, which gives them a trigger for the election =
they want.</span></font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">But the awkward manner in which Mr. Ignatieff won the concession ma=
kes it less likely that he will be brave enough to pull that trigger.</span=
></font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">The latest EKOS poll shows the Liberals trailing the Tories for the=
first time in months, all a result of Mr. Ignatieff=92s amateurish managem=
ent of the showdown.</span></font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">The Liberals are reduced, therefore, to spending the summer getting=
themselves organized, sending Mr. Ignatieff to more barbecues and hoping, =
desperately, that Mr. Harper=92s team does something stupid.</span></font> =
</div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">Otherwise, it will be a long summer of Mr. Harper looking good and =
Mr. Ignatieff struggling to get any TV time at all.</span></font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">Meanwhile, the Tory attack ads play on in heavy rotation, fixing in=
Canadians=92 minds the idea that Count Ignatieff is some kind of funny for=
eigner.</span></font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">After his speech in Halifax, Mr. Harper did a sit-down interview wi=
th CTV=92s Steve Murphy, and Mr. Murphy held his feet to the fire over the =
attack ads, asking the prime minister repeatedly to explain whether he real=
ly thinks that Mr. Ignatieff is unfit to serve just because of his long abs=
ence from Canada.</span></font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">Mr. Murphy made Mr. Harper squirm a bit, but the prime minister man=
aged to justify the ads, saying they helped avoid an election.</span></font=
> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">I think Mr. Harper is right. The ads did stall Mr. Ignatieff=92s mo=
mentum, and they are likely to continue to do so.</span></font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">One of the best things about Mr. Ignatieff is his considerable inte=
llectual strength on questions like human rights and international relation=
s =97 areas where the Harper government=92s record is weak.</span></font> <=
/div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">Happily for Mr. Harper, those issues are not vote winners.</span></=
font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">To win the next election, Mr. Ignatieff must win over rural and sub=
urban voters who have voted for Mr. Harper=92s team in the past, and now ca=
re about little else but the economy.</span></font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt">All summer, they=92ll be seeing Mr. Harper on their TVs, cutting ri=
bbons and signing cheques.</span></font> </div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 12pt"><br></span></font></div>
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