Should we listen more to the Govenor General and less to the Prime Minister?

Question

I think our GG has a good idea and it sounds a lot better to me that the PM's idea of following Bush around like a lost puppy and spending millions to billions to do it .....What do you think ?
Below is her comments
By Bruce Cheadle


OTTAWA (CP) - Michaelle Jean has a novel solution to Canada's national identity question: domestic travel subsidies.


Canada's 27th Governor General is about to enter her second year in office after 12 months spent criss-crossing her adopted nation.


"It was an incredible privilege to be able to discover this country," Jean said in interview in advance of Wednesday's one-year anniversary of her installation at Rideau Hall.


Quebecers, said the Haitian-born Montrealer, "are sometimes very disconnected from the rest of Canada." And residents of Winnipeg or Yellowknife or Halifax little realize how much their common concerns and desires mesh with those of Canadians in Chicoutimi or St. John's or Victoria.

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I have an idea where we can get the money - we pull our of Afganistan and say sort out your own problems . No notice no anything. Once all troops are out we call Bush and say oh we left .....sorry about that. If we get a bad rep I am willing to live with that

Answer 1

Incredible! A question about Canadian politics. I agree the PM is a bit dazed on a true national identity, but then we knew he was an American spin off when we elected him. We were simply tired of the home grown con artists and so chose a different slant.

Travel subsidies sounds like a good idea except that the tax well is dry (therefore the Harper gang) so what programs do we cut in order to pay them. More money (again, where from) into cultural stuff, especially TV, music, stage and books would be good. How much of a copy of Slings and Arrows is Studio 60, Sunset Strip (or whatever)? The first show is Canadian available only on the cable channels and set in Stratford, ON. This makes it much too obscure to sell in the USA and that is what CBC and CTV want.

We definitely need to be ourselves since for years we were the wall protecting the USA from the "bad guys" and now we may be the wall needed to protect the world from the USA.

Answer 2

Big Country Big Challenges
I would listen to CNN