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laziness is no excuse. "Moral Leadership" is the exact phrase I was seeking.hold_fast said:'Moral' is the wrong word, but I'll go with it since I'm too tired to seek out the right word.
From some reports, the ball was rolling to assist Haiti due to the PM's direction prior to even being contacted by the GG. He is the executive leader of the government. The GG is the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, I get that, but in reality, that is more figure head, and a symbol, than anything. Now, pay attention, because this buffoon is about to teach you a lesson in moral leadership.hold_fast said:'Moral leadership' is just as powerful and useful as executive power. Certainly it was 'moral leadership' that dictated we should assist Haiti, not just the longstanding governmental commitment to Haiti.
Anyone who believes otherwise is a buffoon.
The PM has directed the Armed Forces to provide assistance. The Armed Forces is doing that. The face of Canada, however, is the GG, and she will symbolise to the world in General, and to Haiti in particular, of the moral effort Canada is putting into this. You are dead wrong if you suggest that the GG is responsible to deploy the armed forces. That executive power belongs with the PM, and the PM alone.
All that aside, when Canada speaks on the world stage, the GG will stand and proudly declare that Canada is helping its neighbour, and she will call upon her fellow Canadians to lend a hand. She will provide the moral compass for Canada in Haiti's time of need. The PM had already decided to act by sending elements of the forces. The rest of the help, through donations primarily, will be sought for by the GG. That, my dear fellow, is moral leadership.
Thanks for that.hold_fast said:Asia is bigger than Haiti.
I highly doubt for one moment that you even suggest that our contacts in Haiti were able to contact us. The PM threw diplomacy out the window and took the word of a minor Haitian Diplomat as an official call for help. Why? There was no contact. Yes, we have had, and continue to have CF members there in Haiti. That played no role in why we could move quickly.hold_fast said:We already had longstanding contacts in Haiti and could move in quickly, whereas Southeast Asia was a much more volatile climate both politically and geographically.
As for the tsunami, the announcement that the DART would even deploy took a week. They could have said, much earlier, that it was leaving, but the CF cannot move without executive leadership, even though the moral leadership was screaming to HELP.