Harper's Photo Op

Well, it has just been brought to my attention that when Harper flew to the Middle East for his dramatic rescue of stranded Canadians, he flew home on his plane with only sixty-three evacuees when he could have carried over one hundred. (See the story at this page from CBC.ca.) This seems to demonstrate that Harper was only interested in the need to have enough people for a photo op. The illustrious Prime Minister seems to have felt the need to "prove" that he is doing something to help the thirty to fifty thousand Canadians stranded in Lebanon. It has also emerged that Mr. Harper brought along three members of his communications staff on his little jaunt. What possible purpose could their being there serve except to show the Canadian public what a great and magnanimous man our Prime Minister is. HAH!

This whole exercise has been to try to divert attention from the fact that the evacuation of Canadians from Lebanon has been a day late and a dollar short. The fact that the first ship to leave Beirut was fifty people under capacity should show that the evacuation has been badly organized and managed. The government also did nothing until people began to shout and make noise about the situation. It is a travesty that the first ship to carry more than one thousand Canadians out of Lebanon just left TODAY. The Canadian government ought to be embarassed of its handling of the evacuation and of the whole current situation in the Middle East.

Thanks to West Coast Tiger at EnMasse.ca for bringing this story to my attention.

Cheers

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