The prime minister says the arms deal with Saudi Arabia cannot be cancelled because our international reputation would be damaged beyond repair.
It’s got nothing to do with reputation, but everything to do with corporate profiteering.
Now that U.S. corporate interests have control of Canadian industry, and Wall Street and Bay Street stand to profit off the arms deal, cancelling the deal is not a good deal for them.
While I did not vote for Trudeau, I have been very impressed with his performance. However, this willingness to put innocent lives at stake in order to protect opulent boardroom greed is very disappointing.
He has used the jobs argument, which did not take hold (people are getting tired of that cliché), then the reputation argument. The security-of-the-country excuse, which I am sure we are soon to hear, is all that is left.
Clearly, when principles and integrity come in conflict with profit, money trumps all else.
Naively, I took the slogan “Canada is back” seriously. I didn’t know it really meant: it’s back to its old ways that I thought had ended with the change of government.
Larry Deters, Regina
