geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to Canada@lemmy.ca · 19 hours agoBest I can do is 200 characterslemmy.mlimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1119
arrow-up1119imageBest I can do is 200 characterslemmy.mlgeneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to Canada@lemmy.ca · 19 hours agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 hours agoThat is more than just a tweet. It is an explicit public statement of government policy, and an implicit statement that there is a lot going on behind the scenes, out of the public eye, based on the position taken in the public statement.
minus-squaregeneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 hours agoNo it’s a Tweet. There is zero action behind it.
minus-squareVictor Villas@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours agoI agree this is just a tweet, but how do we know there’s “zero” action behind it? What available options are not being pursued by the minister?
minus-squareProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 hours agoUnlike Trump, who tweets indiscriminately, tweets from the Canadian government are not ‘just a tweet’. They are used judiciously and with forethought.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 hours agoMaybe that would be true - if there was much the Canadian government could do at all. The Middle East isn’t our region, and the one major player in our own region has very strong opinions of their own.
minus-squareProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoI am not sure the legacy of Lester Pearson would agree. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1957/pearson/facts/
minus-squareRat_in_a_hat@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoCanada could stop sending weapons to Israel and disband the Israel/Canada free trade agreement
That is more than just a tweet. It is an explicit public statement of government policy, and an implicit statement that there is a lot going on behind the scenes, out of the public eye, based on the position taken in the public statement.
No it’s a Tweet. There is zero action behind it.
I agree this is just a tweet, but how do we know there’s “zero” action behind it? What available options are not being pursued by the minister?
Unlike Trump, who tweets indiscriminately, tweets from the Canadian government are not ‘just a tweet’. They are used judiciously and with forethought.
Maybe that would be true - if there was much the Canadian government could do at all.
The Middle East isn’t our region, and the one major player in our own region has very strong opinions of their own.
I am not sure the legacy of Lester Pearson would agree.
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1957/pearson/facts/
Canada could stop sending weapons to Israel and disband the Israel/Canada free trade agreement
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