It's great to know that Dear Leader is still hard at work at destroying our formerly very good reputation around the world. Hardly surprising, of course, his foreign policy is basically selling his province's oil.
What reputation? Canada is a non-entity for much of the world's power relations. 35th in terms of population. Poland, Argentina, Algeria, Kenya, etc have more population. No real power at the UN. The only thing our previous reputation was any good for was boosting support for Canada's interventionist foreign policy at home (just call it peacekeeping and forget the peacemaking aspects), as nationalism is a powerful motivator in a primarily immigration-based economic climate.
As for the rest of your bs, Harper is from Ontario, and selling Albertan oil benefits all Canadians in terms of more government revenue as higher taxes creates a further burden on the economy, so faced with exporting oil vs raising taxes it's clear which is the superior choice, world demand for oil is not falling anytime soon. Not to mention more labour ie real employment is required to process and move the bitumen. We currently have to sell at discounted rates as there is no way to further increase exports, this is to the tune of about 60 billion annually. So I suggest you re-educate yourself before making factually inaccurate and incredibly biased statements about Canada.
Israel doesn't need allies, they need people to understand their situation without resorting to basic fallacies. Palestine will not be satisfied with concessions, it will always be asking for more. Recently I heard someone refer to the conflict between Israel and Palestine as a kindergarten argument, they should just shake hands and move on. Unfortunately many see this conflict as just a handshake or treaty signing away. Which could not be further from the truth.
