Comments on: Canada and Honduras: Act Now http://www.coha.org/canada-and-honduras-act-now/ COHA is an NGO specialized in monitoring Latin American and Canadian Relations for more than 30 years... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:00:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Eddie http://www.coha.org/canada-and-honduras-act-now/comment-page-1/#comment-45720 Eddie Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:41:23 +0000 http://www.coha.org/?p=6564#comment-45720 Freedom, even it takes a hundred years, is worth the wait. Freedom, even it takes a hundred years, is worth the wait.

]]> By: Simone http://www.coha.org/canada-and-honduras-act-now/comment-page-1/#comment-33655 Simone Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:33:32 +0000 http://www.coha.org/?p=6564#comment-33655 Sounds like perhaps mpk is in the government and is finding excuses as to why nothing has been done. Sounds like perhaps mpk is in the government and is finding excuses as to why nothing has been done.

]]> By: mpk http://www.coha.org/canada-and-honduras-act-now/comment-page-1/#comment-33587 mpk Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:33:58 +0000 http://www.coha.org/?p=6564#comment-33587 Oh, the bit that "Caution cannot be used as an excuse to shirk responsibility. " Is something from someone who has never had responsiblity for making this sort of decison nor worked in a position of responsibility in a government. Oh, the bit that "Caution cannot be used as an excuse to shirk responsibility. " Is something from someone who has never had responsiblity for making this sort of decison nor worked in a position of responsibility in a government.

]]> By: mpk http://www.coha.org/canada-and-honduras-act-now/comment-page-1/#comment-33581 mpk Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:29:11 +0000 http://www.coha.org/?p=6564#comment-33581 To reply. The author states that Canada has fallen down and not done enough in Honduras. It's up to the writer to research this statement. Call foreign affairs canada, call the minister's office, call the canadian mission to the oas. anyone of the three would be happy to set you straight. or let your fingers to the walking... <a href="http://w01.international.gc.ca/minpub/publication_minister-publication_ministre.aspx?ID=156&PubTypeID=261&lang=eng" target="_blank">http://w01.international.gc.ca/minpub/publication...</a> the ministry has issued press releases, but they don't get picked up. there is just no interest in this story in canada. the minister could go out and yell and scream about this but i don't know that it would do much good. canada does not "have" to do anything here other than what it is doing. hopefully there will be another mission of foreign ministers invited to honduras and if so, canada should, once again, be invited. unless we have an election called or there is a confidence motion scheduled in the house. sorry, but that's the reality of a minority government. so, i hear quite an uproar from 3 or 4 people on this comment thread, but out of the canadian public i hear silence or a yawn. so, given the level of interest shown by the public this makes what foreign affairs and the minister have done all the more impressive. To reply. The author states that Canada has fallen down and not done enough in Honduras. It's up to the writer to research this statement. Call foreign affairs canada, call the minister's office, call the canadian mission to the oas. anyone of the three would be happy to set you straight. or let your fingers to the walking… http://w01.international.gc.ca/minpub/publication… the ministry has issued press releases, but they don't get picked up. there is just no interest in this story in canada. the minister could go out and yell and scream about this but i don't know that it would do much good. canada does not "have" to do anything here other than what it is doing. hopefully there will be another mission of foreign ministers invited to honduras and if so, canada should, once again, be invited. unless we have an election called or there is a confidence motion scheduled in the house. sorry, but that's the reality of a minority government. so, i hear quite an uproar from 3 or 4 people on this comment thread, but out of the canadian public i hear silence or a yawn. so, given the level of interest shown by the public this makes what foreign affairs and the minister have done all the more impressive.

]]> By: Simone http://www.coha.org/canada-and-honduras-act-now/comment-page-1/#comment-33553 Simone Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:55:28 +0000 http://www.coha.org/?p=6564#comment-33553 Although I disagree with pretty much everything you've said, you did pinpoint something very important in one of your thoughts. "Where the Minister and the ministry have fallen down is communicating what is being done." But my question to you is: if the minister and the ministry can't communicate what they are doing, maybe they should start trying a little harder. If you're saying that respectable researchers at COHA like Shantel can't decode what the Canadian government is doing (or not doing), how could you expect the regular Joe to know what's going on? What has been said in the main article is true and concise. Canada lags behind. If it plans to pick up the slack, government should let Canadians and the rest of the world know about it. Brazil and other members of the OAS have made their positions very clear with statements that leave no room for ambiguity. "Quiet support behind the scenes" is a pathetic way to say that Canada isn't doing enough. Obviously the situation is complicated, but that is no excuse for Minister Kent or Stephen Harper to sit around and twiddle their thumbs, humming and hawing. Your concluding sentence better said would be, "A country like Canada, deeply steeped in rule of law and respect for institutions would look at this situation and act to PROTECT the institution of democracy Micheletti undermined by exiling Zelaya." Caution cannot be used as an excuse to shirk responsibility. Although I disagree with pretty much everything you've said, you did pinpoint something very important in one of your thoughts. "Where the Minister and the ministry have fallen down is communicating what is being done." But my question to you is: if the minister and the ministry can't communicate what they are doing, maybe they should start trying a little harder. If you're saying that respectable researchers at COHA like Shantel can't decode what the Canadian government is doing (or not doing), how could you expect the regular Joe to know what's going on? What has been said in the main article is true and concise. Canada lags behind. If it plans to pick up the slack, government should let Canadians and the rest of the world know about it. Brazil and other members of the OAS have made their positions very clear with statements that leave no room for ambiguity. "Quiet support behind the scenes" is a pathetic way to say that Canada isn't doing enough.

Obviously the situation is complicated, but that is no excuse for Minister Kent or Stephen Harper to sit around and twiddle their thumbs, humming and hawing. Your concluding sentence better said would be, "A country like Canada, deeply steeped in rule of law and respect for institutions would look at this situation and act to PROTECT the institution of democracy Micheletti undermined by exiling Zelaya." Caution cannot be used as an excuse to shirk responsibility.

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