Said1
01-27-2008, 04:22 PM
Harper failing to lead Afghan mission: Ignatieff
Updated Sun. Jan. 27 2008 3:42 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Recent gaffes surrounding the military transfer of Afghan detainees shows how badly the Harper government is mishandling the Afghanistan war, Deputy Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff says.
"The very least you can say is that Canada's soldiers deserve better civilian leadership than this," Ignatieff told Question Period on Sunday.
In his first interview since returning from a visit to Afghanistan in early January, Ignatieff said he was concerned about Prime Minster Stephen Harper's mismanagement of military operations there.
Ignatieff said that the public and Parliament have not received "honest answers" from the government and that Harper has to grab the mission "by the throat and pull it together."
"Afghanistan is the most important thing Canada has done in 50 years, and he's not leading," he said. "The prime minister has to act like a prime minister, and not like a partisan leader on this issue of Afghanistan."
The comments stemmed from a series of public miscues following the release of the Manley report on the future of the Canada's mission.
Manely is a nutcase. He's extremely defensive, arrgoant and a total humiliation to the Liberal Party. I see him sneaking away from Chretien's office in nothing less than dark glasses and a trench coat.....go, go, gadget Liberal. Oh, and why is Chretien in his office? He has to be in court next week....another enquirey in to the first enquirey involving his corrupt leadership. :laugh2:
I do wonder what Harper's initial intentions about this problem actually were? Still a bad article.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080127/ignatieff_qp_080127/20080127?hub=Canada
Updated Sun. Jan. 27 2008 3:42 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Recent gaffes surrounding the military transfer of Afghan detainees shows how badly the Harper government is mishandling the Afghanistan war, Deputy Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff says.
"The very least you can say is that Canada's soldiers deserve better civilian leadership than this," Ignatieff told Question Period on Sunday.
In his first interview since returning from a visit to Afghanistan in early January, Ignatieff said he was concerned about Prime Minster Stephen Harper's mismanagement of military operations there.
Ignatieff said that the public and Parliament have not received "honest answers" from the government and that Harper has to grab the mission "by the throat and pull it together."
"Afghanistan is the most important thing Canada has done in 50 years, and he's not leading," he said. "The prime minister has to act like a prime minister, and not like a partisan leader on this issue of Afghanistan."
The comments stemmed from a series of public miscues following the release of the Manley report on the future of the Canada's mission.
Manely is a nutcase. He's extremely defensive, arrgoant and a total humiliation to the Liberal Party. I see him sneaking away from Chretien's office in nothing less than dark glasses and a trench coat.....go, go, gadget Liberal. Oh, and why is Chretien in his office? He has to be in court next week....another enquirey in to the first enquirey involving his corrupt leadership. :laugh2:
I do wonder what Harper's initial intentions about this problem actually were? Still a bad article.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080127/ignatieff_qp_080127/20080127?hub=Canada