Pontificating Leftists, Canadian-Style
First it was the US House of Representatives acting holier than anyone, now it's the Canadian Parliament's turn to pontificate:
The Canadian motion was introduced by Olivia Chow, a legislator for the left-leaning New Democrats.
"I'm just extremely pleased that, today, the government of Canada formally said to Japan they need to sincerely apologize to the comfort women and (for) the atrocities," she told Reuters after the vote.
"Without a public apology we cannot even start dealing with reconciliation," Chow said.
The original motion said Japan should teach current and future generations about the army's "war crimes". Chow said she had toned down the language to reflect good ties between the two countries.
It's always a shame to watch innocent victims (and self-promoters of victimhood)caught in a proxy battle for political and economic hegemony in East Asia between the PRC and Japan, and for domestic scores in remote countries.
Again!
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