{"id":577,"date":"2005-11-29T19:48:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-30T00:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=577"},"modified":"2005-11-29T19:48:00","modified_gmt":"2005-11-30T00:48:00","slug":"stephen-harper-hates-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=577","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Harper Hates Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

…at least, that’s the Liberal spin for the day. And I thought the BQ’s attack on Christmas lights <\/a>was lame.<\/p>\n

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[LE FRANCAIS SUIT L’ANGLAIS]<\/p>\n

CAMPAIGN FLASH<\/p>\n

ISSUE:<\/p>\n

Today Stephen Harper was asked by a reporter: “Do you love this country? “<\/p>\n

Instead of saying yes, Harper gave the following response:<\/p>\n

“Well, I said Canada is a great country. You know, all of us who get involved in public life spend a lot of time away from our families to go across the country, probably get in many ways the most
rewarding experience you could have, you know. It’s not tourist travel, you don’t see all the hot spots and all the great sights but you get a real sense — the kind old and the of traveling I’ve done, especially the last seven or eight months, you get a real sense of Canadians, where they live, who they are and what their challenges are. And I think the country has unlimited potential. <\/span><\/p>\n


That’s why I think it would be so exciting to take over at this point in our history. But I think it’s necessary to make a change if we’re going to realize that potential.”<\/p>\n

KEY MESSAGES:<\/p>\n

The simple answer is ‘Yes’, especially from someone who wants to lead this great country.<\/p>\n

Saying that Canada only has great “potential” are not the words of a passionate, committed leader with a vision to shape the Canada’s future.<\/strong><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Let me get this straight? Someone who wants to be Prime Minister is supposed to give a simple “yes” rather than a thought out paragraph detailing what sounded like, to me, reasons he loves Canada? Claiming Stephen Harper doesn’t love Canada is as stupid as saying Paul Martin supports child pornography or saying the Liberals are involved with organized crime.<\/p>\n

More fun is the line I bolded above. Saying Canada has “great potential” (or, “unlimited potential”, which is what Harper actually said<\/em>) are not the words of a leader with a vision for Canada’s future? Umm…I tend to think this country would be a lot better off if our leaders started looking at Canada’s potential. It’d be nice for a change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…at least, that’s the Liberal spin for the day. And I thought the BQ’s attack on Christmas lights was lame. [LE FRANCAIS SUIT L’ANGLAIS] CAMPAIGN FLASH ISSUE: Today Stephen Harper was asked by a reporter: “Do you love this country? “ Instead of saying yes, Harper gave the following response: “Well, I said Canada is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}