Words from Canadian PM

[95mustanggt]

Well, I like what this address to the US Ambassador from Prime Minister Jean Chretian says. I know that some military bases in Canada are starting to gear up.

"Address by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on the occasion of the National
Day of Mourning in Canada in memory of the victims of the terrorist
attacks in the United States

September 14, 2001
Ottawa, Ontario

Mr. Ambassador.

You have assembled before you, here on Parliament Hill and right across
Canada, a people united in outrage, in grief, in compassion, and in
resolve. A people of every faith and nationality to be found on earth.

A people who, as a result of the atrocity committed against the United
States on September 11, 2001, feel not only like neighbours. But like
family.

At a time like this, words fail us. We reel before the blunt and terrible
reality of the evil we have just witnessed. We cannot stop the tears of
grief. We cannot bring back lost wives and husbands. Sons and daughters.
American citizens, Canadian citizens, citizens from all over the world. We
cannot restore futures that have been cut terribly short.

At a time like this, the only saving grace is our common humanity and
decency. At a time like this, it is our feelings, our prayers and our
actions that count.

By their outpouring of concern, sympathy and help, the feelings and
actions of Canadians have been clear. And, even as we grieve our own
losses, the message they send to the American people is equally clear.

Do not despair. You are not alone. We are with you. The whole world is
with you.

The great Martin Luther King, in describing times of trial and
tribulation, once said that: "In the end, it is not the words of your
enemies that you remember, it is the silence of your friends."

Mr. Ambassador, as your fellow Americans grieve and rebuild, there will be
no silence from Canada.

Our friendship has no limit.

Generation after generation, we have travelled many difficult miles
together. Side by side, we have lived through many dark times. Always firm
in our shared resolve to vanquish any threat to freedom and justice.

And together, with our allies, we will defy and defeat the threat that
terrorism poses to all civilized nations.

Mr. Ambassador, we will be with the United States every step of the way.
As friends. As neighbours. As family."




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[Unit 5302]

I always kinda liked Canada.

[6T9PONY]

I got this in an email tonight. Pretty interesting. And the guy makes a great point. He's a Canadian guy too. They're very nice people.

TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES

America: The Good Neighbor.

Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television Commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record:

"This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth. Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States. When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.

When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the United States that hurries in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped. The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans.

I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States dollar build its own airplane. Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10? If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the International lines except Russia fly American Planes? Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios. You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles. You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon - not once, but several times - and safely home again. You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everybody to look at. Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here.

When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose. Both are still broke. I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake.

Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this thing with their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating over their present troubles. I hope Canada is not one of those."


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[2FastLX]

I met 3 Canadians in a training class I took in North Carolina. They were three of the kindest, nicest people I have ever met. They told me a lot about Canada and ever since then I have wanted to visit. If there is one country I'd love to see it would be Canada. I live very close but it is a place I have yet to see. Maybe one of these days I'll load up the fishing poles and take a fishing trip.

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[Fox Body]

Yeah, I've pretty much always wanted to visit Canada (esp Ottawa). My dad used to live there (b4 I was born) and from time to time mentions how nice it was and always how friendly the people were.

Those are touching words from the PM.

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[joe4speed]

What awesome words of kindness and compassion. I believe we are so fortunate to have Canada as our neighbors.
Joe

[RAGE_5.0]

and as a Canadian i must say that we are fortunate that we hve neighbours like the United States of America

JAMES

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[95mustanggt]

Originally posted by 2FastLX:
I met 3 Canadians in a training class I took in North Carolina. They were three of the kindest, nicest people I have ever met. They told me a lot about Canada and ever since then I have wanted to visit. If there is one country I'd love to see it would be Canada. I live very close but it is a place I have yet to see. Maybe one of these days I'll load up the fishing poles and take a fishing trip.

Although Canada as a whole is a beautiful country, I recommend a trip to the Canadian Rockies, either British Columbia or Alberta. For some of you guy may not know where BC and AB are, they right above Washington, Idaho and Montana.

Ontario is beautiful too, but I love the Western Provinces a little tiny bit more .

I think that both the USA and Canada benefit from being each others neighbors. However I guess if you go back in the past our histories do meet up quite a bit, with maybe the possible exception of the southern states (very little spanish influence in Canada's history, if any). So we should have some similarities. I think half my family came from the USA at some point in the past.

Now if we could just working something out on soft wood lumber




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