Oh No

"I've made no secret of our desire to rebuild the Canadian military to have the capacities of a sovereign nation," Harper told supporters on a campaign swing through Atlantic Canada. "To make foreign policy decisions that are not only independent but are actually noticed by other powers around the world." -Reuters

If recent polls are any indication, Stephen Harper of the Conservatives will be the next Prime Minister in Canada, albeit in a minority government. I wonder what he has planned for these "foreign policy decisions that are...actually noticed by other powers around the world"? Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the world notice our exclusion from the war in Iraq?

Anyone not on the side of the Consveratives will likely tell you that Harper is "in bed" with George W. Bush and will be with the next President. By the sounds of this speech, he wants to become a world power and start poking his nose into territorial disputes and religious wars. Or maybe he plans to take over a small country. Unless he's talking about Canada's little squabble with Denmark over some Arctic island....

I'm probably not the first to admit it, but I'm a little bit scared of what Harper has planned. There may be some good things in the Conservative platform, but turning Canada into a world power of sorts trumps them all for me. All I can tell you is that the next time I go travelling, I do not want to receive ill-treatment, or be banned by some foreign country, because my Prime Minister decided it a good idea to be aggressive.