Which Side Are We On?

Recent speeches at the UN show the slow-growing divide between the West and the rest. And by West, I mean the United States. Sure, Britain may be tagging along, but really it's all about coat-tailing on US policy.

And as it turns out, we are going with them. Our PM stands up and says, 'Canada is back', and I get the sense he meant to say, 'Canada is back onside'. The less composed speech from Hugo Chavez (gotta love his courage to stand up and call Bush a devil, not 'The Devil' as reported) and the tempered words of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (who scored quite a coup) were both great distractions for Harper, as he began to model our foreign policy on our neighbour's.

Fellow travellers, expect to un-stitch the Maple Leaf from your bag, because I bet we won't be quite as welcome in the far-flung places of the world.