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Harper slams PM's 'chilly' relations with U.S. CTV.ca News Staff Conservative Leader Stephen Harper says Paul Martin should act to end what he calls the "chilly relationship" between the Prime Minister's office and the President of the United States. Harper says until that relationship is fixed, it will be harder to solve complex trade disputes between the two countries. "A chilly relationship between the Prime Minister and the President has been a problem in resolving these disputes in the past couple of years," Harper told CTV's Question Period on Sunday. And while he feels much of the blame for this...

The selfish liberty of Carolyn Parrish: Liberals have no obligation to keep this defiant MP who keeps breaking their rules The Edmonton Journal Sun 07 Nov 2004 Page: A18 Section: Opinion Byline: Lorne Gunter I agree with Carolyn Parrish; not with her views on George Bush, nor her thoughts on the mentality of U.S. voters, but about her right to speak her mind on both. Still, I disagree with her assertion that she has the right to say whatever she wants without consequence for her. That's a misconception: That we have a right to say whatever we want, whenever and...

Parrish: U.S. voters 'out of step' American voters showed that they are "completely out of step with most of the free world," Carolyn Parrish said. (CP archive) OTTAWA (CP) - The re-election of a war-mongering president shows Americans are "out of step" with the rest of the world, says a Liberal MP infamous for her blistering attacks on George W. Bush. Carolyn Parrish said Wednesday that she's "dumbfounded" by Bush's victory. "He has been reconfirmed as their commander-in-chief, and he is a war-like man." American voters showed that they are "completely out of step with most of the free world,"...

Dear Sir or Madam: Thank you for your email on Missile Defence/“Idiots” statement. We received over 7000 letters & emials and therefore cannot respond to them individually. If your comments were positive: They were generally based on a fear of missile defence for a variety of sound and thoughtful reasons, a respect for free speech or an understanding that Canada was well down the path toward signing on to this fiasco without a thorough public debate. You obviously recognize I was not criticizing American citizens as a whole, I was in fact criticizing politicians on both sides of the boarder...

Meet rude, crude Carolyn Parrish The Liberal MP for Mississauga has a history of behaviour unbecoming a parliamentarian. Gillian Cosgrove The National Post Tuesday, April 08, 2003 CREDIT: Tony Bock, Toronto Star Pumped Up and Proud of It: MP Carolyn Parrish's 'bastard' comment won her a spot on Mike Bullard's late-night television talk show. TORONTO - Who, exactly, is this appalling woman? How does she get away with being so nasty and offensive? This mean-spirited boor is, of course, Carolyn Parrish, the dishonourable member of Parliament for Mississauga Centre. Ms. Parrish made headlines in February when, on the brink of...

Carolyn Parrish, victim National Post For those readers who've already forgotten Carolyn Parrish's five minutes of fame, let's recap: On Feb. 26, reporters overheard the federal MP for Mississauga-Centre (Ont.) sputter the following remark : "Damn Americans. I hate those bastards." Ms. Parrish later claimed she was having a "private conversation" when she said these words. She might have set matters right somewhat if she'd followed this disgraceful act with a contrite, unambiguous apology and then kept mum. Instead, she appeared on Mike Bullard's late night comedy television show a few days later and played to the crowd. The left-wing...

MP blames 'media vultures' for trouble Claims emotional stress Sheldon Alberts, Deputy Ottawa Bureau Chief National Post Friday, March 28, 2003 CREDIT: The Canadian Press "Media vultures and political jackals should not be selecting chairs of committees," Carolyn Parrish wrote to her replacement on the NATO committee. OTTAWA - Carolyn Parrish, the Liberal MP who last month called Americans "bastards," says she has suffered extreme emotional stress because of the controversy caused by her remarks and blames "media vultures and political jackals" for the impact on her career. Ms. Parrish, who later joked about the anti-U.S. statement on a national...

Plans to seek re-election: Canadian Chamber of Commerce urges Chrétien 'to read the riot act' to MPsOTTAWA - Carolyn Parrish, the Liberal MP who last week called Americans "bastards," intends to seek re-election as chairwoman of the NATO Canadian Parliamentary Association despite a campaign among her caucus colleagues to have her defeated. Ms. Parrish's decision to defy calls for her resignation as the NATO group's chairwoman came yesterday as one of the country's largest business organizations, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, wrote Jean Chrétien urging the Prime Minister to discipline the Mississauga Centre member of Parliament. "We believe that it...

Since the beginning of the War on Terror the United States have been looking for allies in the world. One country that should have been the lead ally have slipped continually on there own banana skins. Jean Chretien and his party has consistantly said and done things that can be politely called foolish. They have gone out of their way to set down a policy that proveys the idea that we are not them (the USA)... and thank goodness for that. In this discussion it is useful to point out statements by this government that set the pattern for this...

Dear AWESOME Americans, First off: You guys totally rock. We mean that. If anything bad happens to you guys, we are going to be SO on your side, cross our hearts hope to die stick a needle in our eye called it stamped it can't erase it. But we understand if you don't believe us on account of SOME Canadians who have SUPER big mouths who shall remain totally UNnameless. Second off: Oh. My. God. We are SO embarrassed about what our Liberal MP, Carolyn (Parachute Pants) Parrish, said the other day when she was all, "Damn Americans. I hate...

    THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS 'Heat of the moment' Parrish damned for American insult Hoof in mouth JOHN STEWART Feb 28, 2003 A Mississauga MP was forced to publicly apologize Thursday after complaining she hated Americans during a media scrum in Ottawa. "Damn Americans, I hate those bastards," Mississauga Centre MP Carolyn Parrish was heard to say by several reporters as she walked away from a media scrum. Parrish said she was directing her remarks at her Brampton West-Mississauga Liberal colleague Colleen Beaumier, but it was clearly heard by several nearby reporters. After her comment was publicized, Parrish issued an...