More dhimmi politicians lining up to bash Harper for standing up to the non-democratic Islamic thugocracy of the UAE. Emirates Airline is not an airline company, it is a political tool set about to crush real airlines and bully its way into Western airports. But the dolts in the Ontario government don't care. They just want the money!
"Local politics is getting the best of us. Canada has a very strong brand in the Middle East. I do not want to see it sullied in this manner," Sandra Pupatello, Ontario's economic development and trade minister, said Tuesday.
"Our companies from Ontario are the best in class when it comes to hospital builds. We have huge opportunities in the order of multibillion-dollar contracts and I don't want to put those at risk."
Pupatello was speaking from Dubai, where she's heading a trade mission of 20 Ontario health services companies. She cited the huge expansion in health services in the financial hub of the Persian Gulf country as a great opportunity.
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The even got an ward for offering sukuk bonds http://www.ameinfo.com/82357.html
Harper to UAE: “Give me a break”
By David Akin, Parliamentary Bureau Chief OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper hopes Canada never does to any of its allies what the United Arab Emirates is doing to Canada.
In an exclusive interview Friday with QMI Agency, Harper said he couldn’t believe that the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) would try to use Canada’s offer to help the global fight against terrorism in order to gain a commercial advantage for the state-owned Emirates airline.
In 2001, the UAE allowed the Canadian Forces to set up Camp Mirage near Dubai. It became an important logistical and supply base between Canada and Afghanistan.
But when Emirates airlines was unable to get landing rights fast enough for flights at Calgary and Vancouver airports, the UAE government late last year told Canada’s soldiers and air force personnel to pack up and get out.
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