Friday, May 12, 2006
Un accueil douteux
Mr. Speaker,
What the hell is wrong with the Minister of Foreign Affairs?
No, I retract that interrogation. Instead, permit me to seguay into a bit of an analogy ...
The Honourable Member, Mister Speaker, is a lot like a cow: a point here, a point there, and a whole lot of BULL in between ... Today's outrageous scandal involving a respected dignitary, M. Diouf, highlights this point in so many new and varied ways.
Putting aside for the moment that the actions undertaken by the Airport Authority in searching Mr. Diouf were ILLEGAL under international law (for those of you that haven't done so already, go read the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, in particular that little paragraph on the INVIOLABILITY of the VALISE DIPLOMATIQUE and LA PERSONNE PHYSIQUE), let's consider the horrendous way in which this man has been treated as a guest in this country. Now Mr. Speaker, granted that Mr. Diouf does not hold an American citizenship, nor does he have connections to the Bush Administration, how can this government sit in this House and dismiss the situation as "regretable"? I'll tell you what's regretable, Mr. Speaker; it's that we're stuck with a group of useless misleaders who are driving the reputation of this country into the ground!
(On a side note, the Minister of la Francophonie, Mme Verner, didn't meet Mr. Diouf for more than 48 hours after his arrival in Canada. WHERE THE HELL WAS SHE? Minister of la Francophonie ... SECRETARY GENERAL OF LA COMMISSION de la FRANCOPHONIE ... anyone else see the connection? What else was she doing? Lord knows she's not in her riding ... wants to keep as far away from the zoo as possible ...)
What the hell is wrong with the Minister of Foreign Affairs?
No, I retract that interrogation. Instead, permit me to seguay into a bit of an analogy ...
The Honourable Member, Mister Speaker, is a lot like a cow: a point here, a point there, and a whole lot of BULL in between ... Today's outrageous scandal involving a respected dignitary, M. Diouf, highlights this point in so many new and varied ways.
Putting aside for the moment that the actions undertaken by the Airport Authority in searching Mr. Diouf were ILLEGAL under international law (for those of you that haven't done so already, go read the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, in particular that little paragraph on the INVIOLABILITY of the VALISE DIPLOMATIQUE and LA PERSONNE PHYSIQUE), let's consider the horrendous way in which this man has been treated as a guest in this country. Now Mr. Speaker, granted that Mr. Diouf does not hold an American citizenship, nor does he have connections to the Bush Administration, how can this government sit in this House and dismiss the situation as "regretable"? I'll tell you what's regretable, Mr. Speaker; it's that we're stuck with a group of useless misleaders who are driving the reputation of this country into the ground!
(On a side note, the Minister of la Francophonie, Mme Verner, didn't meet Mr. Diouf for more than 48 hours after his arrival in Canada. WHERE THE HELL WAS SHE? Minister of la Francophonie ... SECRETARY GENERAL OF LA COMMISSION de la FRANCOPHONIE ... anyone else see the connection? What else was she doing? Lord knows she's not in her riding ... wants to keep as far away from the zoo as possible ...)
