Of loyalty and PMO plagiarism

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Not: PMO plagiaris - the copy-cat strategy. The Harper government is following the Obama administration’s lead on the environment (though it's not following the President to Copenhagen) and now it seems they are doing the same on gay rights. A statement issued by PMO spokesman Dimitri Soudas regarding an anti-gay bill in Uganda is word-for-word identical with that of the statement issued by an American embassy official weeks ago.

“If adopted, a bill further criminalizing homosexuality would constitute a significant step backwards for the protection of human rights in Uganda,” Mr. Soudas said. “Canada has clearly spoken out against human-rights violations committed against persons on the basis of their sexual orientation and we urge states to take all necessary measures to ensure that sexual orientation and gender identity may under no circumstances be the basis for criminal penalties, in particular executions, arrests, or detention.”

The U.S. embassy’s statement, issued by public affairs officer Joann Lockard, reads: “If adopted, a bill further criminalizing homosexuality would constitute a significant step backwards for the protection of human rights in Uganda. We urge states to take all necessary measures to ensure that sexual orientation or gender identity may under no circumstances be the basis for criminal penalties, in particular executions, arrests, or detention.”

Indeed, Mr. Soudas said today that “like-minded” countries, such as Canada and the United States share concerns and “obviously we work together in developing our foreign policy on it when it comes to international affairs.”

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/of-loyalty-and-pmo-plagiarism/article1377035/

So work together.
Same ....!
Iraq, Afghanistan, finger printing, no-fly, ...on and on and on. Don't forget the corporate CO2 policy!
If they didn't have the right wing US groups behind them they wouldn't be able to move.

This is not the first.

Canada PM faces plagiarism claim

A Canadian Conservative Party speech-writer has resigned after Prime Minister Stephen Harper was accused of plagiarism in a speech he made in 2003.

Owen Lippert admitted he had been "overzealous in copying segments" of a speech in support of the invasion of Iraq by then Australian PM John Howard.

Mr Lippert said neither his superiors nor Mr Harper, who was opposition leader at the time, had been aware.

The accusation comes half-way through a general election campaign
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7645593.stm