Stephan Harper delivers a chest thumping address about "Putins Imperial Ambitions" during Arctic To

[Rangergxi]

[url]http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/stephen-harper-raises-spectre-of-russian-threat-in-arctic-speech-to-troops-1.2747703[/url]

[QUOTE]An emboldened Russia is a threat to it neighbours in the Arctic and Canada must be ready to respond to any Russian incursions in the region, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tuesday as he ended his yearly tour of Canada's North.

In a chest-thumping address to troops who took part in a series of military manoeuvres off the coast of Baffin Island, Harper spoke of how Canada must never drop its guard in the face of growing Russian aggression.

"In Europe, we see the imperial ambitions of Vladimir Putin, who seems determined that, for Russia's neighbours, there shall be no peace...," Harper said.
"And because Russia is also Canada's neighbour, we must not be complacent here at home."

It was the second mention of the Russian president in six days for Harper. The prime minister has made Arctic sovereignty a focal point of this year's northern tour...
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[AtomicWaffle]

I want to say good on him but I can't help but feel like this whole stance he's taken is just pandering for votes at home.

[laserguided]

We'll station our attack ski-do's in the arctic.

[elix]

Time for some poor fucks to go get sent up to the ice for sovereignty exercises again, I guess.

I hope they can find some that hasn't melted.

P.S. thanks for gutting Environment Canada because it wants to talk about climate change and that'll hurt your petrochem kleptocracy ambitions, King Stevie. Signed, Canada on behalf of the whole planet

[MuffinZerg]

Way to stir shit up.

[Cakebatyr]

[QUOTE=MuffinZerg;45812981]Way to stir shit up.[/QUOTE]

Harper isn't necessarily stirring it so much as extruding it from the pores.

[Archangel125]

And yet Canada's eating it up - Good, I agree with the sentiment that we should protect the sovereignty of our country's territory, but hearing it come from Harper sours it. Atomic's right. He's pandering.

[Aide]

What's up with that source video it refuses to play for me.

Now it plays but only after I used Disconnect Plugin to disable all the fb, tw, and g+ shit.