STATEMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE KATRIN

[ConcernedCanuk]

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STATEMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE KATRINA

By GOC
Aug 30, 2005, 21:24


The Government of Canada today issued the following statement in support of those who have endured the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the United States:

"On behalf of all Canadians, I wish to extend our heartfelt condolences to those who have lost loved ones as a result of Hurricane Katrina, as well as our sympathies to those who have suffered great losses and personal hardship," said Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan. "During this difficult time, we are offering our support to our friends and neighbours."

The Deputy Prime Minister added that she has contacted U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and advised him that Canada stands ready to provide assistance if needed. In addition, the Minister of Health, Ujjal Dosanjh, has directed the Public Health Agency of Canada to contact the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and offer any assistance that may be helpful, such as emergency medical supplies contained in the National Emergency Stockpile System




Also has this info at the bottom:

"Canadians with good reason to believe that Canadian friends or relatives are in the affected areas may contact Foreign Affairs Canada's Emergency Operations Centre at
1-800-267-6788, or in Ottawa at [phone]."

[NMDemDist2]

1. Canada and her citizens are class acts, too bad our g'vmt won't learn

a thing or two from them

[Horse with no Name]

2. Thanks to our Northern neighbors

Glaringly
"The Deputy Prime Minister added that she has contacted U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and advised him that Canada stands ready to provide assistance if needed."

Everytime I have seen one of those, they had contacted the President or Leader of that country. Amazingly ours wasn't available.

Let them eat cake!

[Dudley_DUright]

3. Thanks guys, you are true friends and neighbors

:cry:

[rodeodance]

4. are they the first country to offer assistance (besides Ven)?

[rodeodance]

5. god, I hope our Gov. does NOT blow international good will this time.

[JoFerret]

57. I am sure Cuba will offer

....a medical team or some aid (if only for the nose-thumbing potential.) I say - let''s accept it and use it as a step to normalizing relations.

[opiate69]

6. And.. has Dumbfuck said anything yet??

I've been at work all day, so I haven't heard of any statements from the W.House... wouldn't surprise me if Cnada (and every one else) released such statements before the Chimp

[TankLV]

29. Yeah - he was trying to sell his latest medicare/medicade rip-off.

Priorities, you know.

He has to get on with his life.

[AuntiBush]

34. Keeping things Balanced, You Know.

The "only" statement mentioned was the Chimp will be back in the WH on Wednesday to say a few words about this disaster. Imagine, other countries offering help, and the Chimp will wait till tomorrow.

Buh-Bye Voter Support 2006/2008 from LA & MISS!

[howmad1]

59. Yea. Did you know that refineries are factories to make gas.

I'm not making this up. Heard the clip on Rachel Maddow this morning.
God, what a prick.

[MuseRider]

7. Thank you Canada. n/t

[Lisa]

8. aren't we supposed to have that rapid deployment team with water purif?

That could be very useful right now, given that New Orleans has lost its water treatment system. Perhaps we should offer to send them.

[daleo]

30. Thats what I was thinking earlier too. n/t

[SidDithers]

46. DART & their equipment...

Could still be in Sri Lanka. I don't remember reading about them coming home.

Sid

[rockymountaindem]

9. Thanks Canada!

I love you guys...

[roguevalley]

10. thank you, Canada.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

11. A sincere thanks, Canada!

You're the best Good Neighbor a country could have! :thumbsup:

[AX10]

12. Thank You, my freinds from the North!

:hugs:

[Paulie]

13. Oh Canada!

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!

[Old Vet]

14. Canada is a class act, thanks.

[WindRavenX]

15. you guys rock

:thumbsup:

Oooohh Canada!

[tom_paine]

16. Gotta love Canada! The last Free Nation in North America!

Thank you, Canucks!

And watch out, because history has shown that Totalitarian nations like Imperial Amerika will not tolerate Free nations on their borders for long.

Beware the Bushification of your fair land...or maybe it will be a straight-out Anschluss II.

[SpiralHawk]

17. Thanks Canada

Good neighbors, as always. Meegwich

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

18. G-d bless you, Canada!

[knight_of_the_star]

19. That is very cool of them

They have no problem with opening their hearts and helping those in need.

[achtung_circus]

20. I've been pondering this today, if I was Paul Martin

I would have said yesterday that Cormorants, the world standard when it comes to SAR helicopters






were standing by, rotors turning

ROWPU's on edit: 5,000 litres per hour, provided in 1 litre bags.





were being loaded into Hercs along with 20 Zodiacs with crews

[miss_kitty]

21. canada helped Washington state several years ago

when we had widespread power outages due to some weather thing (I think it was a windy ice storm). Electrical crews from BC and Alberta were dispatched to our area immediately

O Canada, You Rock!

[Vadem]

22. Thank you, Canada! I LOVE Canada!! I was in Toronto last May

for a wedding of my friends who have been together for 18 years (they happen to be Lesbians); I had never before been to Canada. I LOVE Canadians! I could move to Canada in a heartbeat! I love their people, I love their politics, I love everything that I found in Canada! Thank you so much, my dear friends in Canada!

[NYC]

23. A compassionate and coherent statement

from Canada.

[Cha]

24. Thank you, CANADA!

For offering your condolences and assistance..I know it's not because of the bushwa. It's because Canada has a caring government.

bush couldn't be found for three days after the tsunami and then he plegded "$15 million", wasn't it?

[rexcat]

25. The Canadians come through again...

They did the same after 9/11/2001. Canadians are a class act!

[Eurobabe]

26. Figures, I was just in Canada last week

Canadians are the friendliest folk on earth. Truly a class act.

Thanks y'all -- I'll wear my Canada, eh T-shirt tomorrow in your honor.

[stevedeshazer]

27. We're going to need your help, friends.

Thanks.

[brook]

28. Thank you, Canada.

We love you.

[phusion]

31. I think that's more than Bush has said about it...

Absolutely astonishing that the President of another country can offer his condolences and support in such an elegant way before "our" Prez. does.

Thanks, Canada!

[iverglas]

54. heh

Absolutely astonishing that the President of another country can offer his condolences

That was the Deputy Prime Minister. It's a purely informal position -- just one minister like the rest in the cabinet (all members of cabinet being elected members of Parliament like the Prime Minister) whom the PM picks to handle stuff when he's away. Hmm, actually, Deputy Prime Minister's a little more functional than Vice President, when you think about it.

And ... the Deputy Prime Minister's a she at the moment. One more thing y'all can be jealous about.

;)

I signed up to billet stranded US air travellers back in 2001 -- turned out that where I am was somewhere they weren't diverting them to, but of course people where the travellers ended up did take them all in. And Canada took in a big batch of people from Kosovo for temporary refuge a few years ago --

http://www.cds.forces.ca/pubs/anrpt/anxadom_e.asp

Operation PARASOL: In a highly successful joint humanitarian operation with Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the Red Cross, the Canadian Forces provided temporary accommodations to approximately 5,000 Kosovar refugees between April and August 1999. The Kosovar refugees were received at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Greenwood and Trenton. Following a brief medical examination, they were then accommodated at CF facilities at Aldershot, Borden, Gagetown, Greenwood, Halifax, Kingston and Trenton.

Maybe that's something we should think about doing again -- except you people would probably never go home!

But seriously. I wish your policymakers would accept some of the expertise that's on offer from the world. It's far more appropriate for this kind of assistance to be offered, and provided, on a country-to-country basis than by individuals sending off dollars to charities (which I don't expect Bush will spurn because this is all an internal matter). One country has a collective disaster, it has to deal with that disaster collectively, and the other countries help out collectively; that's how it should be, for a lot of good reasons.

But we all know that they have too many reasons of their own not to accept it for it ever to happen.

[JPZenger]

32. Canadian Bacon

I still remember a great scene from the movie Canadian Bacon, which starred John Candy, Dan Akyroyd and others. There was a group of Canadian citizens. Then a group of Americans pushed their way through the Canadians, roughly throwing them to the ground. As they were being tossed aside, the Canadians kept politely saying "Oh, please excuse me. Was I in your way? Oh, so sorry. Please pardon me."

[SoCalDem]

33. Maybe they could loan us some soldiers and helicopters

:)

oh wait.. our leaders say we have PLENTY :sarcasm:

[tomg]

35. Hey Canada, while you're in the mood

to lend things, could you lend us your entire government. Our seems to be hopelessly broken. Seriously, thanks. You folks rock.

[Megahurtz]

36. Thank You, Canada,

from the bottom of my heart. :cry:

[buddysmellgood]

37. Hey Canada...Got a spare president?

[mmonk]

38. Canada

a class act. A decent free modern country. Thanks Canada. Wish I were there.

[Zhade]

39. I can't wait to be a Canadian.

This government doesn't deserve shit, not really, but there Canada is, helping us - and they won't be stingy like THIS country is!

Go Canada!

[shadowknows69]

40. I'm surprised Canada didn't beat Shrub

in getting a condolences message out there. Thank you brothers and sisters to the north. If I had the ways and means I'd probably be applying for citizenship. Do you take refuges from a country with a broken government?

[Andromeda]

41. Thanks for being such a good neighbor.

:pals:

[President Kerry]

42. thx Canada!! n/t

[JNelson6563]

43. Oh Canada!

Always a class act, always compassionate.

On 9/11 I heard on Canadian radio that they were telling people to help the Americans that were stranded, this was a bad day for America and Canadians should help their friends in this time of need.

Our gubberment treats you like crap ever since and now that it's time for an other disaster, there is gracious Canada, "How can we help?"

*sniff*

Julie

[all.of.me]

44. thank you! what a great country!

[MaineDem]

45. Thank you/Merci

I spend time in Cape Breton each year. I love your country and I appreciate your support.

[Amonester]

47. Many American Electricians and Engineers helped us a lot in 98

I wish I could be more helpful than I am for our dear good American people (especially the anti-pnac-bush-permanent-stupid-war-for-domination on the world AND on them) through paying my ("huge") share of taxes. If paying them can help our neighbors in this terrible tragedy, I sure have no objections at all to even pay MORE and MORE TAXES.

Human beings are more important than any f*****g money!

Also, many THANKS again to ALL who helped us then:

Ice storm 1998 Eastern Canada
http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/nebraska/icecase.html

Special Adjournment Debate (Ice Storm) in the House of Commons
http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/default.asp?Language=E&Page=pmarchive&Sub=Speeches&Doc=speeches19980204721_e.htm

A storm beyond compare (Mainers)
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/specialrpts/ice/over.htm

Now, it sure wouldn't hurt if the Bushkeviks would start complying to the three soft-wood lumber decisions issued in our favor since that unjust tax penalty they imposed from day 1 of their mad-administration.




Merci beaucoup to ALL who helped us in those "freezing" and tragic times again.

[lonestarnot]

48. Thank you O Canada! At least one leader has some decency enough

to make a comment.

[RageFist]

49. Gotta love the neighbors up north

[MN ChimpH8R]

50. Venezuela, Russia, and now Canada have all offered help

Anyone think the Chimp will take them up on it? Not a chance.

Kudos to them all.

[blondeatlast]

51. Remember the good ol' days when the US of A could be counted on

for a similar quick and orofound response?

Yeah, I admit, I'm old enough to remember that.

[Kber]

52. Did the gov't of Canada offer their support and condolences

before our own president got around to it?

Unf*cking real.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

53. Oh, Canada !

Thank you for showing true class and leadership. :applause:

[njdemocrat106]

55. Canada rocks

I was there for the first time in June - saw Niagara Falls and Toronto (yeah, the tourist traps :) ). Definitely cleaner, friendlier, and smarter than its immediate neighbor to the south.
Thank you, neighbors!:toast:

[neuvocat]

56. Canada's concern is touching.

It is very much appreciated.

[struggle4progress]

58. kick