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The blame game

by Aaron Wherry on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 1:08pm - 0 Comments

Canada has failed in its bid for a seat around the UN security council table.

For those keen fans of finger-pointing, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon is due to address reporters in New York at 1:15pm (viewable here). The Prime Minister’s Office has summoned Ottawa bureau chiefs for a briefing at 2pm. NDP foreign affairs critic Paul Dewar will speak with reporters in the House foyer at 2:30pm. And the Liberals have called a news conference with Michael Ignatieff, Bob Rae and Scott Brison for 3:30pm in the National Press Theatre.

Tags: Bob Rae, lawrence cannon, Michael Ignatieff, Paul Dewar, prime minister's office, Scott Brison, Security Council, UN, United Nations

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MaggiesFarmboy

Finally, after all these years in Afghanistan, Canada has its place at the table.

The children's table, that is.
MostlyCivil

We didn't lose the election. We simply, you know, stepped away.

Prorogued, one might say.
Emily

LOL priceless!
Holly Stick

And already Cannon is whining about what Ignatieff said. Egad, I hate whiners!
Holly Stick

Apparently Portugal and Germany each have coalition governments. So we would probably have won if we had a coalition government.
Jenn_

Good one.
guest

yah, like, totally zing. they voted us down cuz we had no coalition gov.

if we could harness all the wit in this blog and turn it into energy we could totally, like, toast a piece of bread.

lightly.
Style

So it is Ignatieff;s fault after all!
government_noob

You're right. It's far more likely that hundreds of UN country delegates were hanging on Ignatieff's every word.