Canadian Prime Minister Harper, off on another photo-op-rich tour of the far north, stated in a speech: “The North is a great treasure-house and its resources must be, er, utilized.”
Canada’s Supreme Court rejected Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s nomination of Marc Nadon, declaring him ineligible to sit on the Court, after a legal challenge by Rocco Galati and the province of Quebec.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper continues to apply pressure on the USA to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, which will carry Canadian oil-sands crude to US markets.
A massive road construction project in Iceland was halted as locals protested that it was disrupting an important elf church. Meanwhile in Canada, Harper seems determined to push through approval of the Enbridge Pipeline despite many real environmental concerns.
What do Canada’s Prime Ministers, [Jean Chrétien, Brian Mulroney, Stephen Harper], discuss on a long plane trip? Perhaps they compare how long their noses have grown.
Opposition Leader Mulcair’s response to Prime Minister Harper’s evasive answers in Question Period regarding the “robocall” scandal in which thousands of voters received calls directing them to the wrong polling stations. [Weasels everywhere protest the insult]