I’ve already pointed to some of the columns in our Columnist section today but there’s more! Lots of reading here!
Paul Jackson writes a piquant piece today about Canada and its rather questionable policies regarding foreign aid to other lands, and what seems like the totally misguided direction that team Martin/Layton are taking. Here’s a snippet:
[…] Be ever alert.
One item in the Journal revealed the Paris Club of countries has forgiven $18 billion US of debt owed by Nigeria. That’s alarming, considering Nigeria is Africa’s largest oil-exporting nation. Why is an oil-exporting nation borrowing money, and why are western industrialized nations cancelling out the debts of this banana republic, with a history of military dictatorships?
Well, one might also ask why is it Communist China, with 1.2 million men and women in its armed forces, 700 missiles aimed at tiny democratic Taiwan, a space program that just sent two men into orbit, and a nation making multi-billion takeover bids for western companies, is the biggest recipient of Canada’s foreign aid program?
Ask Shipping Tycoon Paul Martin.
[…]
And Salim Mansur shared with us his great column printed today in the National Post, called “Pakistan’s heavy hand”. It actually ties in nicely with Paul Jackson’s column (above). Here’s a snippet:
[…] The influx of international aid means the Pakistani military will no longer be able to keep northern areas behind a veil of secrecy. International media exposure will shine a light on militant training camps and the terrorist campaign their occupants wage against post-Taliban Afghanistan and Indian-administered Kashmir. It should also awaken Pakistan’s poor Kashmiris to the brutal reality that they have been used as disposable pawns in the geopolitical game the country has pursued against its neighbours. Like the cyclone that hit 35 years ago, this earthquake may unleash political fallout that Pakistan’s government cannot control. […]
…in our Columnist section today
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