A speech from 2003 has come back to haunt the PM of Canada, Stephen Harper. It has been revealed by the Liberal party that a speech he gave on the Iraq war was taken from then PM of Australia, John Howard.
The news has spread all across the globe and made news in places such as Taiwan and New Zealand. The story is getting the most press in Canada and Australia.
The speech was written by Mr. Harper’s former speech writer, who was working in the current election campaign as an aide. He has now resigned over the incident.
Yesterday morning on my way to work, one of the youth radio stations in Australia was having fun with the news. They had a call in segment where callers could take items from Canada because the speech was taken from Australia. Callers called and wanted the Big Beaver statue in Alberta, Pamela Anderson and Celine Dion to put her on trial for crimes against music :)
This has been a gift for the Liberal party during the Canadian election; as the Liberal party has not been able to generate any fanfare for their party. This incident has created 2 days of attack on the PM and Conservative party.
As a Canadian living in Australia it’s quite a musing to hear on the radio and see on TV the news about this story.
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