The NUTS Don't Fall Far From The Tree

National Post editorial board: David McGuinty's "isolationism" canard

Posted: September 26, 2009, 9:00 AM by NP Editor

With all the breathless hysteria usually employed by bloggers who rail against their enemies from bedrooms in their parents’ basements, Liberal Environment Critic David McGuinty said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s failure to appear at the United Nations this week had “shamed” Canada. Mr. McGuinty — brother of Ontario Liberal Premier Dalton — went on to repeat the new Liberal claim that under the Tories, Canada has lost respect and importance on the world stage.

Both contentions are utterly ridiculous.

Instead of lining up in New York to hear the likes of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi drone on incessantly about the failures of the West and the virtues of dictatorial Islamist government, Mr. Harper chose to tour a Tim Hortons plant in Oakville, Ont. to mark the corporation’s return to Canadian ownership. We’ll bet that Mr. Harper’s priorities, while obviously galling to smug internationalists such as those populating the Liberal brain trust, are entirely in keeping with those of most Canadians. The average Canuck probably doesn’t care much for the rarefied (and largely useless) goings on at UN headquarters, but given that six of 10 cups of coffee-shop coffee sold in this country comes from a Tim’s outlet, he or she probably cares deeply about the operations of the country’s largest fast food chain.

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