When the shine fades on the halo
Before we go any further, the refrain to the song goes as follows: “C’est la faute des liberaux”. Or, after running it through the New Goverment translation service: “It is the fault of the liberals”. What fault? Governments don’t have those. Oh yes, this time around, it appears that our arms sales have been doing much better than previously reported. Or, not reported, in this case.
The scores are in. Canada is in sixth place in arms sales to the rest of the world. Not bad for a little nation of peacekeepers. We’ve beat out France! This is almost as much fun as the Olympics, except that the games are deadlier. There’s something hiding behind shady, when even PEI has a recorded sales of “something or other” to other countries (and it doesn’t even involve French Fries). The CBC didn’t say what to who, just that the Island managed to sell $36,183.00 which is equivalent to the sales tax that would have been collected for the weapons sold from Nunavut.
Still, I’m not surprised. During the first Gulf war, we learned that “our boys” were under fire from mortar shells and bullets packaged here in Quebec City. In business, product has no identity. Sell whatever will sell. I have this mental image of boomerangs, though. The next time you watch a movie that involves an arms merchant, look for the flag sewn on his backpack. Arms tend to lose their identity when the other guy is busy trying to stay unshot. Or maybe we play a more sanitary role; guidance systems for missiles, or propellant for RPGs (propellant is such a pleasant word).
Our New Goverment finds nothing wrong with this whole scenario. After all, what’s good for business is good for Conservatives everywhere.
