As much as the Honourable Peter Van Loan has been greeted as a long lost Estonian son, we must remember also that he is a member of the government and the cabinet of Canada. Being that, he has certain restrictions. One is not to interfere with other ministries, no matter how much one may want to. What private conversations might have gone on between Minister Van Loan and Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay we'll never know.
Canada is in no position to condemn Russia, militarily or economically so what exactly would a rebuke from Minister Van Loan amount to? The opponent of Russia is the United States. When has Canada ever challenged Russia (or the USSR) without the US being in front of it?
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Van Loan has made several "personal" statements on his website regarding a wide range of issues.
I don't see anything about Estonia there.
Did Van Loan tell you to write this Adu?
I don't see anything about Estonia there.
Did Van Loan tell you to write this Adu?
As I said here once before, the overriding issue for the Reform/Alliance government in all of this has been the shipment of 2000 head of live cattle to Russia at the end of April -- the first export of live cattle from Canada since the mad cow scare.
Harper, MacKay, Van Loan et al. have not uttered a squeak about Estonia for fear that the Russians will cancel the shipment, or worse, make some fictitious claim that the goods were diseased (or contaminated with Polonium 210) on receipt. This is also why Harper will apparently limit the critical part of his G8 private conversation with Putin to empty expressions of platonic concern over the pace of "democratic reforms" in Russia.
Of course the cattle industry is important to Canada, but if Russia is the only place we can sell live cattle (at heavily subsidized prices, no doubt), why bother?
The Swedes spoke out, even though their cherished IKEA is in the midst of a massive expansion in the Russian marketplace.
Deep down, Harper is a cold, calculating coward and Van Loan does not have a principle that he would not gladly renounce for personal political advancement.
Nagu vanad eestlased ikka ütlesid: Pfui!
Harper, MacKay, Van Loan et al. have not uttered a squeak about Estonia for fear that the Russians will cancel the shipment, or worse, make some fictitious claim that the goods were diseased (or contaminated with Polonium 210) on receipt. This is also why Harper will apparently limit the critical part of his G8 private conversation with Putin to empty expressions of platonic concern over the pace of "democratic reforms" in Russia.
Of course the cattle industry is important to Canada, but if Russia is the only place we can sell live cattle (at heavily subsidized prices, no doubt), why bother?
The Swedes spoke out, even though their cherished IKEA is in the midst of a massive expansion in the Russian marketplace.
Deep down, Harper is a cold, calculating coward and Van Loan does not have a principle that he would not gladly renounce for personal political advancement.
Nagu vanad eestlased ikka ütlesid: Pfui!
This article should be clearly marked as an opinion piece lest readers take these statements for that which they are not: Facts.
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