2006-11-27

Inaugural visit

Isn't it a little presumptuous of harper to attend another country's presidential inauguration?
Notice / Avis
From the Prime Minister's Web Site
Public events for December 1st, 2006
November 24, 2006, Ottawa, Ontario

Prime Minister Stephen Harper will travel to Mexico to attend the inauguration of President-Elect, Felipe Calderon.
When: December 1, 2006
Where: Mexico City, Mexico
Note: Media are welcome to attend but will have to make their own arrangements. More details to follow.
It just seems to smack of favoritism and meddling with another country's choices. I don't know, maybe it's the custom, but I just don't find it appropriate for him to pay an international visit to another head of state until he's had a chance to form a comfy ass-groove in his presidential chair, you know?

2 comments:

NV said...

So... by extension, you shouldn't go visit a baby in the hospital?

You're welcoming a new leader to the world. Just like welcoming a new baby to the world, it's a momentous event. No favouratism at all.

Anonymous said...

It must be a tradition to introduce himself... but it sounds like a waste of taxpayers' money. What happened to Vincente Fox?