tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867260065662559631.post1131889504788813154..comments2024-03-01T18:36:20.048-08:00Comments on CanSpeccy: Dumb Sanctions on RussiaCShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03399620869685840906noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867260065662559631.post-38527581377404026442014-08-08T08:56:58.152-07:002014-08-08T08:56:58.152-07:00A correspondent draws attention to this news repor...A correspondent draws attention to <a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canada-to-expedite-new-sanctions-against-russia-1.1923707" rel="nofollow">this news report from July 21st</a>: Canada to Expedite New Sanctions Against Russia. <br /><br />The article quotes External Affairs minister Baird thus:<br /><br />"While the latest round of sanctions against individuals and entities was under consideration prior to the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 last week, Baird said the incident prompted him to expedite the preparation of broader industry sanctions.<br /><br />“All evidence indicates Russian-backed provocateurs in Ukraine” were behind the incident, Baird told reporters."<br /><br />Now, that all evidence indicating the responsibility of Russian-backed provocateurs in Ukraine has proved to be based on lies and fakery, Canada can enjoy the Russian push-back: <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/russia-sanctions-vladimir-putin-retaliates-sanctions-canada-1.2728885" rel="nofollow">a ban on more than half a billion dollars of Canadian pork exports to Russia</a>. <br /><br />Which prompts my correspondent to ask:<br /><br />At what point do we stop these asshats from ruining all of the international goodwill our forbears so carefully cultivated?<br /><br />One point, I suppose, would be the next Federal election, in October 2015, although as neither opposition parties in the Federal Parliament seem in the slightest disagreement with the present government's pro-<a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/nuland-testifies-to-house-foreign-affairs-committee-no-neo-nazis-in-ukraine/5381587" rel="nofollow">Ukrainian Nazi</a> policies, it's difficult to see how the next election, whatever the outcome, will improve Canada's relations with Russia — assuming we're not in a full-scale war with Russia by then.CShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399620869685840906noreply@blogger.com