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Canadians Stand With You
By Stephen Harper and Stockwell Day
28 March 2003
The Wall Street Journal
Today, the world is at war. A coalition of countries under the leadership of
the U.K. and the U.S. is leading a military intervention to disarm Saddam
Hussein. Yet Prime Minister Jean Chretien has left Canada outside this
multilateral coalition of nations.
This is a serious mistake. For the first time in history, the Canadian
government has not stood beside its key British and American allies in their
time of need. The Canadian Alliance -- the official opposition in
parliament -- supports the American and British position because we share
their concerns and their worries about the future if Iraq is left
unattended; and we share their fundamental vision of civilization and human
values.
Disarming Iraq is necessary for the long-term security of the world, and for
the collective interests of our key historic allies. It is, therefore, also
manifestly in the national interest of Canada. Make no mistake, as our
allies work to end the reign of Saddam and the brutality and aggression that
are the foundations of his regime, Canada's largest opposition party the
Canadian Alliance will not be neutral. In our hearts and minds, we will be
with our allies and friends. And Canadians will be overwhelmingly with us.
But we will not be with the Canadian government.
Modern Canada was forged in large part by war not because it was easy, but
because it was right. In the great wars of the last century against
authoritarianism, fascism, and communism Canada did not merely stand with
the Americans. More often than not we led the way. We did so for freedom,
for democracy, for civilization itself. These values continue to be embodied
in our allies and their leaders, and scorned by the forces of evil,
including Saddam Hussein and the perpetrators of the attacks of Sept. 11,
2001. That is why we will stand and I believe most Canadians will stand with
us for these higher values which shaped our past, and which we will need in an uncertain future.
By Stephen Harper and Stockwell Day
28 March 2003
The Wall Street Journal
Today, the world is at war. A coalition of countries under the leadership of
the U.K. and the U.S. is leading a military intervention to disarm Saddam
Hussein. Yet Prime Minister Jean Chretien has left Canada outside this
multilateral coalition of nations.
This is a serious mistake. For the first time in history, the Canadian
government has not stood beside its key British and American allies in their
time of need. The Canadian Alliance -- the official opposition in
parliament -- supports the American and British position because we share
their concerns and their worries about the future if Iraq is left
unattended; and we share their fundamental vision of civilization and human
values.
Disarming Iraq is necessary for the long-term security of the world, and for
the collective interests of our key historic allies. It is, therefore, also
manifestly in the national interest of Canada. Make no mistake, as our
allies work to end the reign of Saddam and the brutality and aggression that
are the foundations of his regime, Canada's largest opposition party the
Canadian Alliance will not be neutral. In our hearts and minds, we will be
with our allies and friends. And Canadians will be overwhelmingly with us.
But we will not be with the Canadian government.
Modern Canada was forged in large part by war not because it was easy, but
because it was right. In the great wars of the last century against
authoritarianism, fascism, and communism Canada did not merely stand with
the Americans. More often than not we led the way. We did so for freedom,
for democracy, for civilization itself. These values continue to be embodied
in our allies and their leaders, and scorned by the forces of evil,
including Saddam Hussein and the perpetrators of the attacks of Sept. 11,
2001. That is why we will stand and I believe most Canadians will stand with
us for these higher values which shaped our past, and which we will need in an uncertain future.
