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CHIMO

(9,223 posts)
Wed Jun 6, 2012, 04:06 PM Jun 2012

Tory MP wants Baird to consider yanking Canada out of UN

A Conservative backbencher wants Canada to be the first country in the world to leave the United Nations.

Larry Miller, the MP for Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound, says he’s upset the UN Committee Against Torture “voiced displeasure” with the Harper government’s refugee-reform bill, and sent a rapporteur on food security to Canada.

He doesn’t like the criticism from the UN and issued a statement saying he’s going to ask Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird to consider whether Canada should take its ball and go home.

“If this is the type of action that the UN will be taking, then I think it is high time that we review our participation in the United Nations,” Mr. Miller said in a statement.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/tory-mp-wants-baird-to-consider-yanking-canada-out-of-un/article4235343/

Great idea. Would save countless millions in staff, UN contributions and UN blessed wars. Just a great place for all around savings.
For a minimal payment to the US, Great Britain and Israel we would have our ideas put forward without any further ado.

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