Dion shows his true colors on CBC's 'The Hour'

[SamStranger]

If I never knew Dion (like most canadians voters) I would be extremely offended by the remarks he made on cbc's The Hour last week. Personally i was not too shocked, i already knew he was arrogant. Here is something he said (if you missed it)

"Canada NEED'S Me as their Prime Minister"

Arrogant??

[GostHacked]

I have a small article form the Metro paper that shows Dion calling for North American pharmacuticle companies to help bring the Afghanistan opium for research in the medical feild.

Oh here it is somewhere else\

http://www.thestar.com/News/article/184984

Dion said Canada should help fund a project proposed by the Senlis Council, an international security and development policy think-tank, to license poppy crops for use as codeine and morphine in the developing world.

Pretty dangerous thinking. I really don't know much about Dion, but after that comment, I am looking a little closer at him. Anyone who advocates this should not be Prime Minister. Wonder what ties he has to pharma companies.

[leonardcohen]

If I never knew Dion (like most canadians voters) I would be extremely offended by the remarks he made on cbc's The Hour last week. Personally i was not too shocked, i already knew he was arrogant. Here is something he said (if you missed it)

"Canada NEED'S Me as their Prime Minister"

Arrogant??

Yes, and he has so much to arrogant about, doesn't he? the little s@#t.

If anybody wonders why the latest polls has him and the Lberals falling behind, look no further.

I know polls are fickle and at times unreliable depending on the wording of the questions,

but if Dion doesn't stop shootin himself in the foot

those numbers are going to get worse

[jdobbin]

Pretty dangerous thinking. I really don't know much about Dion, but after that comment, I am looking a little closer at him. Anyone who advocates this should not be Prime Minister. Wonder what ties he has to pharma companies.

How is it dangerous thinking?

http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/inter...fm?id=341762007

Many governments around the world are coming to the opinion that it might be better to buy the entire crop and use it for legitimate medical use.

Big pharma doesn't make a heck of a lot on morphine as they do with heart medications and anti-cancer fighters. Most big pharma companies don't even like having anything to do with vaccines for that matter.

At the moment, Afghans are fighting every attempt to shut down one of their few cash crops.

Perhaps you have a better way to remove 90% of the world's opium from the illegal drug trade. The one NATO is using now is a failure.

[Rue]

He's turning out to be a brittle, rigid, inflexible, humourless, egg-head. He seems to have managed to alienate the West and Quebec not to mention the Ontario Liberal machine with his stand on coal burning. I think he really believes he is special on the environment and that will carry him votes. I think in this country, the environment in reality takes a back seat to jobs and tax cuts the two little carrots Stevie Harper knows how to dangle. Right now I would be suprised if Harper couldn't win a majority vote in an election.

[jdobbin]

Right now I would be suprised if Harper couldn't win a majority vote in an election.

Given that Harper hasn't gotten into majority territory in the poll so far, I'd say it would indeed be a surprise if he got a majority.

And as spring comes to Afghanistan, we might even see the polls notch downward.

It is probably better for Dion to not bring down the government. If Harper decides to call it instead, he can be called the flip flopper.

[Canadian Blue]

I'm not voting for either the CPC or the Liberal's in the next election precisely because of arrogance on the Liberal side and their stringent belief in an elected dictatorship [Mexico style]. As well I haven't been much impressed with the Conservative's late position's with regards to accountability, tax cuts, etc.

Either way I think the partisan hackery is really tiresome. We will always have two members with the same rigid viewpoint of "I hate Harper no matter what he does", and two others with the same "I hate Dion no matter what he does".

[Topaz]

Well, I never saw the interview but he could have meant that Harper is taking the country in the wrong direction, in his opinion, and Canadians need the opposition back in power. As far as arrogant is concerned, one only has to tune into Parliament and listen and watch the young Cons and their leader. I, too not sure who I will vote for but its NOT going to be Harper. I wish the PC's were a party by themselves, Harper and the Alliance gang has rude the word "conservative" as far as I'm concern.

[Argus]

Right now I would be suprised if Harper couldn't win a majority vote in an election.

Given that Harper hasn't gotten into majority territory in the poll so far, I'd say it would indeed be a surprise if he got a majority.

And as spring comes to Afghanistan, we might even see the polls notch downward.

Yeah, I can see a lot of Liberals rubbing their hands in anticipation and hopes of a heavy body count.

[na85]

Yeah, I can see a lot of Liberals rubbing their hands in anticipation and hopes of a heavy body count.

That's a horrible thing to say.

[marcinmoka]

to license poppy crops for use as codeine and morphine in the developing world.

And how is this wrong?

[Figleaf]

If I never knew Dion (like most canadians voters) I would be extremely offended by the remarks he made on cbc's The Hour last week. Personally i was not too shocked, i already knew he was arrogant. Here is something he said (if you missed it)

"Canada NEED'S Me as their Prime Minister"

Arrogant??

Is that the only quote you have a problem with?

If so, I don't see the problem -- since he's trying to become PM, wouldn't you think he'd think he's who we need? If he doesn't think he's who we need, then why would he be running? To give us what we don't need?

It wouldn't make any sense.

[Figleaf]

I have a small article form the Metro paper that shows Dion calling for North American pharmacuticle companies to help bring the Afghanistan opium for research in the medical feild.

Oh here it is somewhere else\

http://www.thestar.com/News/article/184984

Dion said Canada should help fund a project proposed by the Senlis Council, an international security and development policy think-tank, to license poppy crops for use as codeine and morphine in the developing world.

Pretty dangerous thinking. I really don't know much about Dion, but after that comment, I am looking a little closer at him. Anyone who advocates this should not be Prime Minister. Wonder what ties he has to pharma companies.

What the heck is wrong with that proposal??? The idea is to buy the poppies from the farmers before the Taliban can get their hands on it an sell it for illegal heroin. It should be a win-win-win-win ... Aghan farmers still get to sell their crop, the developing world gets much need pain relievers, poppies get diverted away from illegal drugs, and the Taliban get shut out.

Why in heavens name would you oppose such a policy (other than the kneejerk need to oppose Dion)?

[na85]

Probably they oppose it because there really is no way to guarantee that the money finds its way into the hands of the farmers and stays out of Taliban coffers. Furthermore, the prospect of Taliban-run farms raises fears of our government(s) being directly responsible for funding our enemies.

I think that this is a justifiable concern.

[guyser]

Probably they oppose it because there really is no way to guarantee that the money finds its way into the hands of the farmers and stays out of Taliban coffers. Furthermore, the prospect of Taliban-run farms raises fears of our government(s) being directly responsible for funding our enemies.

I think that this is a justifiable concern.

Ooops....Taliban does not equal Opium.

The Taliban opposed Opium production. It went way down under Taliban regime. It only escalated when security forces were around thus the Taliban not being there. I have a friend who works for Oxfam, and when he was in Afghanistan two years ago he reported that opium was everywhere, you could be sitting in a cafe and the next door merchant had piles of it.

He knew never to stop and talk to these guys, never show any interest in it either. He knew far too many people were killed on the spot over the drug.

The idea of buying it to make medicine is a great idea. But it wont happen. The US will oppose it. They need to keep the war on drugs going. But the plain truth is that the cost of the WAR on Drugs is MORE than the entire crop of opium and cocaine. IIRC, $2.2B is the cost of the War on Drugs, but the US could buy up all the cocaine and opium for little more than half that.

Amazing isnt it. Spend more money on guarding against the drug than the damn drugs themseleves.

[na85]

Ooops....Taliban does not equal Opium.

Meh, those are my concerns. If I were a bunch of middle-eastern militants and I wanted some reliable income to fund whatever operations i had planned, I'd be rubbing my hands together with glee at the thought of western nations paying me for drugs.

[BubberMiley]

Ooops....Taliban does not equal Opium.

Meh, those are my concerns. If I were a bunch of middle-eastern militants and I wanted some reliable income to fund whatever operations i had planned, I'd be rubbing my hands together with glee at the thought of western nations paying me for drugs.

You mean, like, what they're doing right now?

[na85]

So we should do it more?

Sorry, I don't think I understood what you meant, BM. Who is "They" you're referring to?

[BubberMiley]

"Canada NEED'S Me as their Prime Minister"

Arrogant??

No, politician. It's his job to say that Canada needs him as Prime Minister and to explain why. All politicians do this. It's called campaigning.

[BubberMiley]

I'm not voting for either the CPC or the Liberal's in the next election precisely because of arrogance on the Liberal side and their stringent belief in an elected dictatorship [Mexico style].

You've confused Alberta provincial politics with federal ones. But you've also confused the parties. Federally, the CPC is in power so you could hardly say that system is in the former style of Mexico. However, there is no stronger one-party system in the world than in Alberta, even including Mexico.

[BubberMiley]

So we should do it more?

Sorry, I don't think I understood what you meant, BM. Who is "They" you're referring to?

The opium sellers.

[BubberMiley]

Yeah, I can see a lot of Liberals rubbing their hands in anticipation and hopes of a heavy body count.

That's a horrible thing to say.

You're supposed to just ignore him.

[Figleaf]

Yeah, I can see a lot of Liberals rubbing their hands in anticipation and hopes of a heavy body count.

That's a horrible thing to say.

Yeah, but it is typical of this generation of tories.

No blow too low, no level to which they will not stoop.

[na85]

You're supposed to just ignore him.

Haha, yeah I usually do. He likes to troll, it seems.

[BubberMiley]

I believe the term is the "swift-boat generation."