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July 20th, 2017, 08:52 PM
#1
Has too much time on their hands
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July 20th, 2017 08:52 PM
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February 19th, 2018, 11:46 AM
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Has too much time on their hands
As world opinion of Canada's leader goes down and down and into comic relief there is no point in opening a new thread...
Taxpayer trip with the family and 6 cabinet members .... for 7 days.... and 1/2 day of business..... this is nothing but a vacation and tour without his having to pay for it and he isn't even met well at the airport.... maybe it is the fact it is a democracy????
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world...PHhD87oVL.html
As Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continues his eight-day visit to India, the fact that his schedule includes just half-a-day of official engagements in New Delhi is being described as “unusual” by veteran diplomats and criticised by a Canadian watchdog.
A veteran Indian diplomat said in his long experience with bilateral visits, he had never experienced a trip of this nature, where the visiting dignitary spent so little time in official engagements with counterparts in the Indian government.
In addition, he said, it was equally surprising that six cabinet ministers accompanying Trudeau had scant official engagements, except for foreign minister Chrystia Freeland, who will confer with external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj ahead of the meeting between the prime ministers in New Delhi on February 23.
The diplomat spoke on condition of anonymity since he did not want to appear “churlish”.
The low-key start to the visit on February 17 also raised eyebrows, with commentators noting that Trudeau was received at the Delhi airport by minister of state Gajendra Shekhawat.
This, they noted, was in marked contrast to the warm welcome and hugs from Prime Minister Modi that marked the arrivals of US president Barack Obama, Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu and Abu Dhabi crown prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Commentators also noted that there had been no tweet from Modi’s official account welcoming Trudeau and that he had not accompanied the Canadian leader to his home state of Gujarat. Reports have suggested that the Indian government is unhappy with Canada’s soft stance on Sikh radicals, who have increased pro-Khalitsan activities in recent years.
Indian officials were also taken aback by the length and breadth of Trudeau’s visit, and the tacking on of an additional day for a town hall in New Delhi on February 24.
The Ottawa-based Canadian Taxpayers Federation, an advocacy group, is not impressed with the itinerary. Its federal director, Aaron Wudrick, said in an email, “While it is understood that a Prime Minister will have to travel frequently, the proportion of time being spent actually meeting foreign counterparts on this trip does not suggest a good use of public money.
“A week is a long time for a PM to spend visiting one country, and a half of a day out of eight is very little official business.”
That view was seconded by Vivek Dehejia, professor of economics at Carleton University in Ottawa, who said, “This is an enormous waste of taxpayers’ money since it appears that so little of substance will be accomplished.”
Some of Trudeau’s stops are directed at a domestic constituency. The large and influential Sikh diaspora in Canada could view his visit to the Golden Temple in Amritsar positively. And he will seek to woo the growing Gujarati community in his country with his visits to Sabarmati Ashram and Akshardham Temple.
Dehejia described that as “mostly playing to the diaspora gallery in Canada”.
Wudrick was of a similar view, as he said, “A cynic might suggest that the main benefit of this trip is boosting the esteem of the Prime Minister in the eyes of Canada’s large Indian diaspora. It is of course his right to electioneer – but Canadian taxpayers should not be paying for it (the Liberal Party of Canada should).
“I recognise that it is difficult to clearly separate government business from partisan political benefit, but if the PM leaves India with little to show for his time there, many Canadians will rightfully question why such a long trip was necessary.”
This isn’t the longest visit Trudeau has been on. In 2016, he spent 10 days in China, and that trip cost $ 1.8 million, the most expensive prime ministerial tour in a decade, according to an analysis by national broadcaster CBC.
His predecessor Stephen Harper’s visit to India cost $ 1.36 million, and included four cities, but that cost also spanned legs in Manila and Hong Kong.
However, Trudeau’s team could argue the visit definitely promotes the Canadian brand and a pair of business forums and a CEOs roundtable are evidence of that. Trudeau will also meet the chief ministers of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Punjab as he travels through Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Amritsar. Tangible outcomes during the dialogue with Modi in New Delhi will make it worthwhile.
But scepticism remains, as Dehejia said, “I’ll believe it when it happens. What I’ve seen so far is a lot of noise, a lot of photo opportunities.”
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February 19th, 2018, 01:02 PM
#3
Another taxpayer funded vacation for Trudough and his family. Why aren't his kids in school?
I’m suspicious of people who don't like dogs, but I trust a dog who doesn't like a person.
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February 19th, 2018, 06:40 PM
#4
Has too much time on their hands
Interesting ..... there are coincidences like this now and again... Justlied doesn't get to meet with them but the Aga Khan can.... and his "family friend" the Trudeau family will be in India too at the same time...... kinda like John Kerry being on the $200,000 ethics violations island trip Trudeau made last year.... odd how some people end up at the same place at the same time....
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...w/62988264.cms
Shah Karim Al Hussaini, the Aga Khan, will arrive here tomorrow on a 11-day visit, during which he will hold talks with Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Monday.
During his stay from February 20 to March 2, the Aga Khan will also meet President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
I wonder if I have enough tin foil to make a hat in the kitchen .......
Last edited by mosquito; February 19th, 2018 at 06:49 PM.
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February 21st, 2018, 08:00 AM
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Has too much time on their hands
Well .... Canada is getting in the international news... India .... I mentioned that above and the general term is..... put on polite hat............ Zoolander would fit ..... but others are looking too.
CNN seems to like him.... I would count that as a negative .... but they do point out his is being snubbed.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/20/asia/...ntl/index.html
Fox pointing out what kind of a moron he is ....
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/02...port-says.html
In January, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted that those fleeing “persecution, terror & war, Canada will welcome you regardless of faith,” but a recent report indicated that his country has been deporting North Korean asylum seekers.
Al Jazeera reported Sunday that since 2013, Canada has kicked out nearly 2,000 North Korean asylum seekers. These immigrants—who reportedly lied on their application forms—call the deportation notice a death warrant.
“That notice means death to me.” Taegun Kim, who arrived in Canada with his wife and two children 11 years ago, told the news outlet.
All while Maryam Monsef gets to keep her job as an MP and is guilty of the same thing....
http://torontosun.com/2016/10/03/the...1-67aa9a654880
all while the Libs are contradicting themselves on her account....
https://www.facebook.com/CandiceMalc...4673624998451/
I've always had the idea that the gov't often didn't know what it was doing, but as the light moved around under Harper I felt they would generally try to do the best thing for Canada and the people involved..... not so under the Liberal's... they seem to only do what is best for them and their ideology.... and pockets. Telling a crying woman to suck it up over electricity rates, vet's asking too much, used jets, tax increase for all (except the "eau's"), cuts to environmental and sewage dumping .... etc. but ready to hand out hundreds of millions for their projects.... on and on.... next election this gov't needs to go!
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February 21st, 2018, 08:11 AM
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Unfortunately even with all you list, Castro would still win a majority. Quebec and the Maritimes will never vote Conservative.
I’m suspicious of people who don't like dogs, but I trust a dog who doesn't like a person.
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February 21st, 2018, 09:41 PM
#7
Has too much time on their hands
Hmmmm.... maybe the apparent support for Sikh terrorists (and maybe include the fact he seems to love Islamic terrorists, India has a big problem with them too) has something to do with it.... I mean when the PMO invites an assassin to a meeting with the PM....
http://torontosun.com/opinion/column...assin-in-india
A gunman found guilty of attempting to assassinate an Indian cabinet minister visiting Canada in 1986 has been invited to attend an official state dinner reception during Justin Trudeau’s India visit.
Jaspal Atwal was convicted of attempted murder in 1987, after shooting moderate Sikh politician Malkiat Singh Sidhu, who at the time was visiting family on Vancouver Island.
He’s is a former member of the International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF), a militant group fighting to establish an independent Sikh state in the Punjab region of India that was banned in Canada and designated a terrorist organization in 2003.
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February 22nd, 2018, 06:55 AM
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Here's something you won't see on CBC.
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February 22nd, 2018, 10:26 AM
#9
Has too much time on their hands
Some are alot less... diplomatic, using the words like terrorist much more.
https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/966643928001691648
and it doesn't get near as much attention as the village idiot flying in a celebrity chef from Vancouver....
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/feds...ndia-1.3814009
Vancouver-based celebrity chef Vikram Vij, a vocal Liberal supporter, was flown to India on the government’s dime to cook for a group of top diplomats,
Justlied has no concept of a budget and how hard people work to earn that money... probably his dining treat cost more than I make in a year ..... but if he is a Liebral supporter then to him it is OK. Could you imagine if Harper or Duffy and paid to have a chef flown in to even Ottawa for a week what the news would do though!
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February 22nd, 2018, 10:47 AM
#10
Originally Posted by
mosquito
Some are alot less... diplomatic, using the words like terrorist much more.
https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/966643928001691648
and it doesn't get near as much attention as the village idiot flying in a celebrity chef from Vancouver....
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/feds...ndia-1.3814009
Vancouver-based celebrity chef Vikram Vij, a vocal Liberal supporter, was flown to India on the government’s dime to cook for a group of top diplomats,
Justlied has no concept of a budget and how hard people work to earn that money... probably his dining treat cost more than I make in a year ..... but if he is a Liebral supporter then to him it is OK. Could you imagine if Harper or Duffy and paid to have a chef flown in to even Ottawa for a week what the news would do though!
Liberal voters must be so proud of their buffoon!!!!
Fed Issue #43 ? - World opinion of Canada and its leadership now the Libs are in power..
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