Righting
a Wrong
We
ought to be sensitive to world opinion about some of the shortcomings in our
own country’s machinations and be able to take a signal from the rest of the
world. Being taken to task by the Saudi royal family for our inattention to the
problems in Canada, supported by the other Arab nations and a muted silence
from the European nations as well as the United Nations should give us the
impetus to fix the whole problem once and for all.
Given
this world opinion, we could easily be excused from any foreign aid, either
financially or in manpower to fix our own problems before resuming our present
course. We could then suspend all financial aid to countries other than Canada
as well as military personnel and bring it all home while we get our own house
in order.
The
five billion dollars we spend per year in foreign aid PLUS our military
commitments would certainly go a long way to resolving our Indigenous issues,
our gas and oil security, our northern security, our violence problems and so
on. Five years on in such a program should elevate Canada to a higher level of
respect from the critical world we see today and give us some deserved respect.
We
have to admit that the Saudis are right in putting our own house in order
before criticizing others. I’m sure they would agree for us to become self
sufficient in our own oil and gas refineries so they can sell it to someone
else (or keep it).
I’m
of the opinion that we should take immediate action on this without waiting for
long consultations and other red tape to get it started. I say to the Federal
Government: just shut up and do it.
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