I’m beginning to like Wikileaks all that much more.
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s top priority last year was to stay in power while touting his economic stewardship, looking for a “graceful exit” from Afghanistan and avoiding any “sexy initiatives” on climate change, diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Canada wrote in a newly released confidential cable.
The uncensored cable, released through WikiLeaks, provides a remarkably candid assessment of how the embassy, under the direction of Ambassador David Jacobson, viewed the Canadian political scene at the start of 2010.
It is written in blunt, sometimes chatty, language and does not shy away from analyzing the political tactics of the governing Tories and opposition parties. The cable was sent to Hillary Clinton’s U.S. State Department in Washington and to other U.S. embassies abroad.
