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Harper: Canada wants free and fair elections in Egypt
The Canadian Press
Date: Friday Feb. 11, 2011 8:39 PM ET
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada wants free and fair elections in Egypt and respect for the rule of law.
Speaking in St. John's on Friday, Harper said the federal government also wants Egypt to respect peace treaties it has signed and pursue peace in the Middle East.
Harper spoke during a brief visit to Newfoundland and Labrador as news began to filter out that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was on his way out, but before it was confirmed he had stepped down and handed power to the military.
"We are all seeing what's happening," Harper told a news conference. "Transition is taking place in Egypt."
He said what's happening in Egypt cannot be undone.
"I think the old expression is: 'They're not going to put the toothpaste back in the tube on this one.' "
He said Canada would like those in power in Egypt to lead change.
"Get in front of it," he added. "Be part of it, and make a bright future happen for the people of Egypt."
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Hopefully, the Egyptians will fare better than us.
And get rid of Suleiman and the whole rotten 30-year, Knesset-driven satrapy altogether.
danR
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I think you know what I meant. I know you're smarter than that.
Again: Mr. Harper (and Mr. Ignatieff): you did nothing to help the Egyptians, you will not lecture them about peace-treaties now.
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wow really
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B, St.John's NL.
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All elections are cheated, open your eyes people, step out of their man made reality.
Have a revolution of our own. ;)
All The Best.
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Jim - North Saanich, BC
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For those who suggest that this is an uprising by those supporting democracy, I can recall the same words expressed in the late 1970s with the ouster of Shah in Iran which was described by some at the time as a "bold move in support of democracy". Given past history, I, like most, hope that we do see "true" democracy thrive and Egypt uphold exising treaties and that free elections are carried out because if it goes the way it did in Iran in the 1970s, we will indeed have, as Mrs. Clinton put it, "The Perfect Storm".
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Like Canada? Where over 1 million votes for a political party results in 0 (zero) seats?
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We have a lot of treaties here in Canada. Dozens of treaties. Broken treaties. Decades of treaties.
Clean up our own back yard.
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We have dozens of broken treaties here in Canada, take care of those FIRST.
Let the Egyptians take care of their priorities first— rights, free-speech/assembly, religion, education, court justice, freedom from prorogation, etc.—before waving a hypocritical finger under the poor Egyptians' noses.
You did nothing to bolster their 30-year quest for freedom (neither did Ignatieff, either), you will not lecture them now.
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