- Con'd again by Harper - Approved Destination Status

Scoring in China – without prostituting ourselves, John Ibbitson, December 4, 2009
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/scoring-in-china-without-prostituting-ourselves/article1389642/Tab 27

If you go to the Canadian Government Website at Industry Canada you can read the headlines:

BEIJING, CHINA, JANUARY 21, 2005

CANADA GRANTED APPROVED DESTINATION STATUS BY CHINESE GOVERNMENT

THE HONOURABLE DAVID L. EMERSON, MINISTER OF INDUSTRY, TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA HAS AGREED TO RECOGNIZE CANADA AS AN OFFICIALLY APPROVED TRAVEL DESTINATION.

http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/02331.html

If Canada was awarded Approved Destination Status under the Liberal Government in January, 2005, 'then what happened'.

Oh, sorry I meant to say 'then Harper happened'.

The Approved Destination Status was never implemented because Harper and his Con's came into power, insulted the Chinese openly on the International Status in the Harper in-your-face, my way or the highway diplomacy, and the implementation died 'on the cutting room floor' so to speak.

Instead of gloating about his self professed great achievement in Beijing this week perhaps Harper could explain why it is that Canadians and the Canadian Economy was required to wait an additional almost 4 years to start to reap the benefits of what the Liberal Party while in government sowed.

The fact of the matter is that Harper had to go to Beijing this Fall humble himself and accept his public humiliation in order for the Beijing Government to bring the Approved Destination Status back on track.

Why, obviously, if British Columbia held the Winter Olympics without Chinese being able to attend, it would be a political disaster for Harper and the Con's, especially in BC and especially after bring in the HST.

Of course, now Harper will claim that he owns the Approved Destination Status file and it was due only to his efforts that we have it.

Con'd by Harper once again! God save Canada!

Lloyd MacIlquham cicblog.com/comments.html

Also submitted to: Don Martin: Harper wins another round, December 05, 2009
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/12/04/don-martin-china.aspx?CommentPosted=true#commentmessage



Canada 'scratching the surface' with China: Harper, December 4, 2009, Sean Kilpatrick / the Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20091205/harper_china_091205/20091205?hub=TopStoriesV2

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