I have no less than 40 emails from the Office of the Prime
Minister addressing the matter of the conflict in the Ukraine by apparent
Russian backed rebels. The Prime
Minister and Minister John Baird are the primary spokespersons on behalf of
Canada. It began with Crimea and has
escalated to the horrific downing of a commercial aircraft.
Over the last 5 months our government has only announced another
round of expanded sanctions and sent some fighter jets to the region in
anticipation of a supposed expansion of the conflict to those countries
surrounding and near Ukraine. What
evidence is there the sanctions are having any effect and what measurable
effect have out fighter jets had in the region?
Canada sent 6 jets around the middle of April and Canada has
sent about 75 military personnel to join an international alliance. Our military will join the American core of
support. I don’t know who will command
our jets.
My point is that the Office of the Prime Minister on behalf
of Canada has achieved little to resolve the issue in Ukraine, but it sounds
good for Ukrainians around the world and we are cooperating with the similarly weak
efforts of our international allies.
Putin needs a good slap by completely isolating him from the
rest of the world until the people of Russia realize his personal power trip is
at the complete expense of all the people of the Russian Federation.
