So just hold on a second......

[bucket]

JT said at the town hall meeting that 98% of Quebec oil came from US and Alberta oil sands, not Saudi.

Maybe but where are the Irvings getting their oil from?

[Oliver88]

Comments from Brett Wilson point out the hypocrisy:


Amazing teen for courage? Indeed.
Grandstanding federal cabinet minister? Indeed.
Why don’t we stop buying their ****ing oil? Indeed.
Canada brings in $3Billion of Saudi crude every year.
That pays for a lot of humans rights abuses.

#StopSaudiOil

[sawfly1]

I do agree it was grandstanding with Freeland there to meet her.
That was a bit much.
Rubbing salt in the Arabs wounds.
But somebody has to do it.
We will pay a price.
Hopefully they cut off oil shipments. Then we have to build a pipeline.
There is no reason to use any Saudia oil in the east. The number I heard was we use 30% Arab oil in the east.
Just what I read ,I am no expert.
As far as imagration ,who would staff macdonalds , if not for immigrants and seniors.
Most love it here ,work hard and contribute lots.

[GDR]

I dont blame her or any woman for wanting to leave SA, and maybe Trudeau/Canada look like heroes to some! I think the optics look horrible, throw a fit, cause an international crisis and get what you want in the day and age of instant news to every corner of the world? Isn't this the same government that adamantly opposes paying ransome for kidnapped Canadians because it sets an example? Different but kinda the sane isn't it?

[sumdumguy]

Gotta wonder about the timing of the drama, what with the sentiments toward Saudi Arabia right now. If she picked the time herself, good on her, she hit a homer. The optics of Freeland’s grandstanding was nauseating to me.

Watch the dominoe effect of this one.

[malleefarmer]

Ms al-Qunun’s case was referred to Australia by the United Nations’ High Commission for Refugees who decided she was a genuine refugee.

However, The Australian reported the UNHCR withdrew its referral to this country, claiming Ms al-Qunun has said Canada was her first choice for a new home.

It was unclear for most of Friday evening what country the 18-year-old would end up in.

The Daily Mail reported Ms al-Qunun had already been granted resettlement in Australia — a claim The Australian said had been denied by government sources.

However Ms Alqunun’s father, a Saudi government official who has 10 children, has told Thai police that his daughter fled while on a family holiday to Kuwait simply because she “felt neglected”, Nine News reports.

The man, who has not been identified, arrived in Bangkok with one of his sons on Tuesday evening with the intention of speaking with his daughter.

“The father and brother want to go and talk to Rahaf but the UN will need to approve such talk,” Surachte Hakpan, Thailand’s immigration chief, said.

Overnight, Ms Alqunun shared a smiling photo on Twitter saying she was “happy” after the United Nations’ High Commission for Refugees decided she was a genuine refugee.

[jazz]

Bet $10 she stays for a bit and then goes right back home. Her father is a prominent business man so I doubt she was getting poor treatment like the general population. Another waste. Another failure in our immigration system.

Most immigrants desired final destination is the US. Whats the US going to do when we start bringing them here on our dime and then they head south to cross.

[sawfly1]

You may be right. She may run home.
But after that reporter got chopped up, is it really worth the risk.
You can not have bad examples
Like her running around, without being punished. Can you?

I think the govt. Here overplayed it. At least she was 18, her decision

You do that ,and then it blows up in your face.
You look really bad then

[burnt]

However Ms Alqunun’s father, a Saudi government official who has 10 children, has told Thai police that his daughter fled while on a family holiday to Kuwait simply because she “felt neglected”, Nine News reports.

Well maybe I'm just hypersensitive, but being threatened by my father and brothers with having my head cut off would make me feel damned neglected.

15444, sawfly - bingo.

[jazz]

Need I say more.

Safe in Canada, returns home joins a protest and is executed.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/calgary-family-caught-up-in-deadly-violence-in-sudan/ar-BBSaDOc?ocid=spartanntp
Calgary family caught up in deadly violence in Sudan