If you thought the Conservative govt. was about boosting our economy, you are wrong

The Conservatives have turned into raving warmongers with a hatred for Putin and Russia never seen anywhere else. Offhand, I can name at least a dozen companies trading on the TMX whose stock is bleeding since Harper started his personal vendetta and imposed sanctions on Russia.  The business community is not gonna be happy with the Conservatives .... no sirreeee!  
Harper and his clowns are hoping the Ukrainian billionaires will  make a beeline to Canada and open up shop here and will also use their $$$$$$$$$$s to help them win the next election. We shall see what we shall see.

Minister Moore has the gall to talk about "Canada's foreign policy has to be principle based" when we can see what Canada's involvement has done to Libya and how "logistics support" has helped Al Qaeda-linked "rebels" in Syria kill civilians, including women and children.     

The Conservative govt. of Stephen Harper has become an ugly, ugly Mafia-like force.

Julian Beltrame of The Canadian Press at YahooFinance:
.... Industry Minister James Moore says he can offer sympathy but little help to Canadian firms affected by sanctions against Russia, adding they should have seen the situation coming.
The minister made the comments during a teleconference Thursday following his trade mission to the Netherlands as Prime Minister Stephen Harper and German Chancellor Angela Merkel were turning up the heat on Russia over its annexation of Crimea.

While Canada-Russia trade is relatively small, the economic relationship has been expanding rapidly and the former communist country was listed as a "priority market" in Ottawa's global commerce strategy paper issued in November. As well, dozens of Canadian firms do business with Russia and could potentially be caught in the crossfire of rising political tensions.

Asked if he would intervene on behalf of Canadian firms, Moore said businesses should not be surprised by the West's imposition of sanctions, which Merkel warned would escalate if Putin does not act to ease tensions.

"We want Canadian businesses to explore export opportunities ... but Canada's foreign policy has to be principle based and will not be held hostage to short-term business interests," said Moore.
"While we are sympathetic, I think it's a bit naive for firms not to have had their eyes wide open about the possibility of these kinds of measures," he added.

Businesses with ties to Russia have expressed concern they could be adversely impacted and many have asked the government for a balanced approach on all sides.

"We are asking that the Canadian government, the Russian government and western governments keep things as calm as possible, but we recognize politics will be politics," said Erin Chutter, a spokeswoman for the Canada Eurasia Russia Business Association (CERBA), and chief executive of Global Cobalt Corp., which has an ongoing mining project in southern Russia...........