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Originally Posted by greaser4life
This government's foreign policy is out of touch with the rest of the world. Being the USA's lapdog will not get you anywhere. No surprise that Portugal and Germany have permanant UN Security Council seats (and NOT CANADA). Just imagine, Conservatives actually managed to piss off a very moderate Arab country in the UAE and an important ally. I can't believe that people still vote for these people. The country is taking steps backwards on many levels.
Countries like India and China voted for Portugal instead of Canada because of Harper's Foreign policy which might as well be written by the Bushes.
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Read this article to get a better understanding of how the nominations and voting takes place.
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/10/13/david-frum-un-puts-the-blocs-to-canada/