"Enormous strides in recent years?"

It's true... China hasn't used tanks and machineguns on a few thousand of their own citizens in the last little while... but, seriously, isn't that setting the geopolitical bar a little on the low side?

Also, I've just gotta say... I'm not sure I need human rights advice from a guy who apparently thinks the Dalai Lama is one of the bad guys.

"To make a broad statement is easy," he said. "Of course, Tibet is a problem. But Tibet has been a province for them for a long, long time. To make the Dalai Lama an honourary citizen of Canada was not a compliment to China."

See, that's the thing Jean... it's actually not about sucking up to China.

It's about doing the right thing.

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FROM THE COMMENTS:

"Mo Strong's enabler and fixer has been wheeled out to remind us that Canada (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Power Corporation) has strayed and must be brought back in to line."

And, more specifically...

From Friday's Globe and Mail

February 6, 2004 at 6:51 AM EDT

Beijing — Less than two months after stepping down as prime minister, Jean Chretien is moving quickly to forge a relationship with China's wealthiest and most powerful business conglomerate.

Making a surprisingly speedy entrance onto the global business stage, Mr. Chretien will arrive in China this weekend with a team of Power Corp. executives to meet some of China's most influential business leaders.

Whole article in the comments.

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LAST WORD: Your Liberal Party in action...

"To his credit, Peter Worthington wasn't afraid to mention the Sidewinder report in an op-ed in 2005."

"If anyone has the link to the once available surviving copy of the original Sidewinder report (officially ordered destroyed by the Chretien government), let me know, and I'll rehost them myself."

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