Posted on 12/27/2011 9:26:35 AM PST by Leigh Patrick Sullivan
When Stephen Harper’s Conservatives finally achieved their long-sought majority victory in the last federal election, many right wing Canadians believed that the long awaited time had finally come when their long list of policies – added or removed – would be addressed.
Voters expected swift action on the usual suspects such as the long gun registry and the tightening of immigration. Those with more gumption also thought there would be action like privatizing the CBC or ending the national policy of multiculturalism or official (read: forced) French/English bilingualism.
Half a year into his majority, P.M. Harper has started to act. The useless and pricey long-gun registration law is history. Immigrants now must remove all head coverings such as burkas and hijabs during the swearing-in oath of citizenship, much to the chagrin of Canada’s socialist left.
The Harper government has changed our international image in a short period of time, from that of a so-called ‘peacekeeping nation’ whose ill-equipped and bureaucratically shackled Armed Forces were often placed in situations to ‘keep the peace’ when there was no peace to be kept, to a much more vocal nation on the world stage which takes a stand, politically and militarily, against the bad guys.
While the Conservatives may still use their unique position of having majorities in both the House of Commons and the Senate to end the $1.1 billion per year the C.B.C. sucks out of our pockets and uses to promote it’s left wing agenda, given that one of the Tory government’s first acts after their election victory was to give a slight increase in the network’s funding, I’m not going to hold my breath.
I propose a much more radical in unexpected move to come. Given this country’s new take-no-crap image, I believe the time is right for Canada to make what would probably be the biggest statement internationally in our history.
It is time for Canada to withdraw from the United Nations.
It would surely be buzzworthy, and would go a long way to forcing the United Nations itself to undertake a long-overdue self-assessment. The list of U.N. embarrassments is long. Considering its intended purpose, the world organization has become its own antithesis. Voting blocs have formed; corruption is ingrained in its very fibre.
The credibility of the organization is virtually non-existent thanks to moments of sheer insanity. North Korea and Gadhafi’s Libya chairing Human Rights committees; Warlord leaders and murderous dictators using the pulpit to spew their venom; an unbelievable and offensive ‘moment of silence’ in memory of nation’s leader who brutalized his own people, and on and on.
Even the staunchest supporters of the United Nations have having to admit to the evidence of failure. The ‘it’s not great, but it’s the only world body we have’ refrain doesn’t stand up to the test. The United Nations, like the League of Nations before it, has collapsed into dismay. It has now become a caricature of itself.
The U.N. is all about promoting its own agenda, which is mostly from the Al Gore Book of Ideas. Environmentalism is the focus, while rogue nations are accepted and their unconscionable actions ignored.
The Western world pays billions per year to the U.N., and even the worst accountant could see that there is no return on that investment. By stating our intentions to end our membership, Canada would be sending a clear message to the world: the United Nations has failed. We will no longer be a part of the asylum. We will no longer associate with and enable the scum of the Earth.
It would make a great lead-in for the (privatized) CBC news.
I agree. We here in Alberta have ethical oil to sell. If Obama doesn’t want it, China will take it. The pipeline to the West coast has already started to be built.
Canada out of the UN. YES YES YES. Maybe the rest of the Anglosphere will follow us out.
Ummmm, no, not unless he was a lame duck. You do not give the President of our neighbor, best and most powerful ally, and biggest trading partner, an ultimatum. You do, however, simply greenlight the pipeline to Kitimat.
I’m suggesting he give the ultimatum privately. It’s not a stunt. The pipeline Kitimat is a huge investment, it will be easier to finance and lower risk if there is contract for future deliveries signed up. Hell, let the Chinese take all the risk and finance themselves.
Bad politics, bad foreign relations. What if Obama is re-elected? He hates Canada enough as it is. We don’t need any more of his animus.
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Way to go Canada! You and Australia are leading the way. I hope for the US to follow your leadership.
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