September 29, 2006
ISN'T FRANCOPHONIE REDUNDANT?:
Harper stands firm at Francophonie (DANIEL LEBLANC, 9/29/06, Globe and Mail)
Prime Minister Stephen Harper blocked a last-minute resolution at the Francophonie summit on Friday that would have recognized only Lebanon's suffering during this summer's conflict in the Middle East.Mr. Harper said an institution like la Francophonie could not recognize suffering based on the nationality of its victims, and he called for recognition of the conflict's effect on Israeli residents.
The resolution was proposed by Egypt at the last minute of the annual meeting of French-speaking nations.
Should have known better than to let a representative of the Anglosphere attend. Posted by Orrin Judd at September 29, 2006 10:05 AM
So Egypt is a French-speaking nation? Learn something new every day.
Posted by: pj at September 29, 2006 11:02 AM"Should have known better than to let a representative of the Anglosphere attend." That would be the last time until a Liberal returned to power.
Posted by: ic at September 29, 2006 1:30 PMPj:
That's not the half of it. The French know the demographics are against them so their plan is to conquer the world by simply declaring everyone to be a francophone. I'll call you just before they do it to Orrin.
Posted by: Peter B at September 29, 2006 1:46 PMWhat's a francophone? A direct line to the Generalissimo?
Posted by: jdkelly at September 29, 2006 6:25 PM