Doer to be next ambassador to the United States
leewgrant @ Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:22 am
The rumor has been making the rounds. I guess it would make up for the partisan appointments to the Senate. 
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Doer to be next ambassador to the United States
CJOB News has learned that outgoing Premier Gary Doer will become the next Canadian ambassador to the United States.
Doer is set to meet with Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Ottawa this morning.
Doer is expected to take the position in Washington later this fall.
Michael Wilson has been the ambassador since 2006.
Doer announced yesterday that he'll step down as Premier of Manitoba in the near future.
CJOB News has learned that outgoing Premier Gary Doer will become the next Canadian ambassador to the United States.
Doer is set to meet with Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Ottawa this morning.
Doer is expected to take the position in Washington later this fall.
Michael Wilson has been the ambassador since 2006.
Doer announced yesterday that he'll step down as Premier of Manitoba in the near future.
http://www.cjob.com/News/Local/Story.aspx?ID=1133974
leewgrant @ Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:59 am
Longer story:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/08/ ... ngton.html
Benn @ Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:30 am
Maybe he can improve trade and relations like he did with health care in Manitoba. The key point to the NDP taking government 10 years back. Oh wait, nothing changed with Manitoba Health Care in the last 10 years..........
Alta_redneck @ Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:36 am
So did Jacks surprise meeting with Harper the other day have something to do with this? I wasn't really paying to much attention to it.
OldChum @ Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:17 am
Personally I think this is one of the better decisions Harper has made and shows that doe,s have some sense after all . 
martin14 @ Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:22 am
So this means the dippers keep Taliban Jack for the next few years,
and if Gary does come back, he'll be immediately vilified for being
an Americaphile....
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PublicAnimalNo9 @ Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:55 am
martin14 martin14:
So this means the dippers keep Taliban Jack for the next few years,
and if Gary does come back, he'll be immediately vilified for being
an Americaphile....
and if Gary does come back, he'll be immediately vilified for being
an Americaphile....
Nope, there's a difference between a gov't appointment and living there of your own accord and calling it YOUR country. However, if Doer comes back referring to the US as his country and Americans are his people, well....
leewgrant @ Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:31 am
PublicAnimalNo9 PublicAnimalNo9:
However, if Doer comes back referring to the US as his country and Americans are his people, well....
...it'll mean he wants to be leader of the Liberal Party.
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PublicAnimalNo9 @ Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:32 am
leewgrant leewgrant:
PublicAnimalNo9 PublicAnimalNo9:
However, if Doer comes back referring to the US as his country and Americans are his people, well....
...it'll mean he wants to be leader of the Liberal Party.
OldChum @ Mon Oct 19, 2009 6:13 pm
He would still be better then Iggy
ShepherdsDog @ Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:40 pm
Doer is not a hard core socialist in the least. He and his replacement Selinger are both fiscally conservative. He ran for the NDP because frankly, to run as a Liberal in the West means you won't get elected to power. Unlike their federal counterparts the provincial NDP Parties know they can get elected to run governments and act prudently.