Banditbandit
21st May 2015, 09:46
This is deplorable from one of our supposedly senior MPs .. Tim Groser ...he's becoming a joke in Washington ..
http://m.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11451907
The Labour Party today accused him in Parliament of insulting Canadian diplomats by comparing the country's dairy industry to the Soviet Union.
Trade spokesman David Parker cited a scathing article by an American policy analyst, which said Mr Groser's behaviour had led to a new slang term in Washington: "Grossing".
The article said the Canadian Embassy in Washington was "privately bristling" at the minister's "counter-productive, undiplomatic sledging".
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1505/S00056/rules-to-follow-when-watching-tpa-passage-in-congress.htm
Immediately after noting the critical importance of Canada in concluding the TPP, Mr. Groser provocatively slammed its dairy industry as belonging “.. in the former Soviet Union.” Such incendiary public fighting words clearly do nothing to assist Canadian diplomats help N.Z. help itself.
More recently on 19 April, L . Ian MacDonald, a distinguished Canadian policy guru -- who previously served in the Canada's Washington Embassy -- while not disagreeing with the need for reform of Canada’s agricultural sector, observed that Mr. Grosser’s public statements come in an election year, where the chances of “.. the Canadian government, any Canadian government.." agreeing to end supply management was: "Zero. Zilch. Nada.” Ouch!!
With new urban slang terms like ‘quaxing’ entering the Kiwi lexicon daily, a person close to the Canadian embassy shared that the term for 'counterproductive undiplomatic sledging’ swiftly getting legs in D.C. : “grossing.”
http://m.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11451907
The Labour Party today accused him in Parliament of insulting Canadian diplomats by comparing the country's dairy industry to the Soviet Union.
Trade spokesman David Parker cited a scathing article by an American policy analyst, which said Mr Groser's behaviour had led to a new slang term in Washington: "Grossing".
The article said the Canadian Embassy in Washington was "privately bristling" at the minister's "counter-productive, undiplomatic sledging".
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1505/S00056/rules-to-follow-when-watching-tpa-passage-in-congress.htm
Immediately after noting the critical importance of Canada in concluding the TPP, Mr. Groser provocatively slammed its dairy industry as belonging “.. in the former Soviet Union.” Such incendiary public fighting words clearly do nothing to assist Canadian diplomats help N.Z. help itself.
More recently on 19 April, L . Ian MacDonald, a distinguished Canadian policy guru -- who previously served in the Canada's Washington Embassy -- while not disagreeing with the need for reform of Canada’s agricultural sector, observed that Mr. Grosser’s public statements come in an election year, where the chances of “.. the Canadian government, any Canadian government.." agreeing to end supply management was: "Zero. Zilch. Nada.” Ouch!!
With new urban slang terms like ‘quaxing’ entering the Kiwi lexicon daily, a person close to the Canadian embassy shared that the term for 'counterproductive undiplomatic sledging’ swiftly getting legs in D.C. : “grossing.”