Comments on: Is Harper listening? http://www.snell.ca/is-harper-listening/ Fri, 08 Oct 2010 20:07:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Confederacy of Dunces http://www.snell.ca/is-harper-listening/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Confederacy of Dunces Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:05:18 +0000 http://blog.snell.ca/?p=129#comment-386 Of all the characteristics that have defined Mr. Harper's premiership, listening is not one. Of all the characteristics that have defined Mr. Harper’s premiership, listening is not one.

]]> By: Stephen Michael Kellat http://www.snell.ca/is-harper-listening/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Stephen Michael Kellat Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:44:18 +0000 http://blog.snell.ca/?p=129#comment-385 I would say this is all a tempest in a teapot. The Canadian and US economies are quite integrated especially since NAFTA's approval. Considering that the economic stimulus measures in the US such as giving people USD$300-600 checks and the recent bailout have had minimal effect on the common man, why such a clamor in Canada to try for such? Nothing is going to cause Mr. Obama to be president any sooner than noon on 20 January 2009 regardless of the strange notions of staged resignations that one New York Times columnist wrote about a couple weeks ago. Until then, the prudent thing is to wait and see rather than proceed as the Leader of Opposition suggests to copy US initiatives that did not really deliver. There is too much to lose if cross-border trade is impacted due to the change in administrations if the Government of Canada made a sudden economic change now. I would say this is all a tempest in a teapot. The Canadian and US economies are quite integrated especially since NAFTA’s approval. Considering that the economic stimulus measures in the US such as giving people USD$300-600 checks and the recent bailout have had minimal effect on the common man, why such a clamor in Canada to try for such?

Nothing is going to cause Mr. Obama to be president any sooner than noon on 20 January 2009 regardless of the strange notions of staged resignations that one New York Times columnist wrote about a couple weeks ago. Until then, the prudent thing is to wait and see rather than proceed as the Leader of Opposition suggests to copy US initiatives that did not really deliver. There is too much to lose if cross-border trade is impacted due to the change in administrations if the Government of Canada made a sudden economic change now.

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