He thinks we're all stupid.
"Although Canada did pledge 1.1 billion dollars of new money, it is less than the 1.2 billion being spent for three days of security at the G8 and G20 summits, said Robert Fox of Oxfam Canada. Moreover, other G8 leaders failed to give more because Canada is freezing its aid spending next year to bring down the deficit.
"We had hoped to see much more coming from the countries of the G8. It's a disappointment," said David Morley, president of Save the Children Canada.
There are also charges the Harper government is imposing its religious views on the rest of the world by stating that none of its money can be used to support abortion or abortion services irrespective of a county's laws."
Published on Sunday, June 27, 2010 by Inter Press Service
Activists Slam G8's Aid Shell Game
by Stephen Leahy
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/27-4Take off, Harper ...... the sooner the better. I despise the arrogance and hypocrisy of this man.